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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
Would be interesting to hear people and their bad stories with cops.
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This was in 2001 when I just moved up here...
I was driving down the street at about 2:30am in the morning (working on norway time at that point) and I had passed an Albertsons parking lot where a cop was..
About 10 seconds after I pass, I notice the cop pulling out hauling ass to catch up with me.
I make my way around the 6th street bridge, and the cop is about 50 yards behind me coming on me. As I approach the intersection coming off the bridge, I look at the light to see it is GREEN, I check one more time as I am mid interesection. still GREEN.
I look in the rear view as I am approaching the second intersection light and I see the cop step on his breaks to come to a stop, I get a yellow light, so I stop.
Shortly after I stop, I notice the cop put his red and blues on to pass throught the interseciton, he pulls up behind me and sits there with his lights off. As soon as the light turns green he puts his lights on again to pull me over.
I make a right turn and pull to a side street.. The officer approaches with his gun hand on his gun, and says to me "You know you ran a red light back there right?"
I laughed in his face and told him that he was mistaken, and that I was positive that I had passed under the intersection during a green light, I informed him that I saw him stop at the yellow light which I had also gotten a yellow light on at the next light, and that I saw him put his lights on to get behind me.
He stated that he did not put his lights on to get behind me. and that I should give him my license, registration, and proof of insurance, I did so very willingly.
He comes back and says that even though I had california plates, insurance, registration, and had been living in oregon everything seemed ok, and he said I was still getting a red light ticket, and to have a good night and good luck in oregon.
I called bullshit, and he said again, have a good night and drove away.