Police Officer tickets man for littering after he gives money to a panhandler in a wheelchair

[Cali_Democrat]

CLEVELAND — A random act of kindness lands a man in trouble with police.

Last Monday, May 14th John Davis was exiting I-90 at the West 117th ramp when he saw a man in a wheelchair. The man was pale, thin and holding a sign that had a religious sentiment and also a request for help.

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John reached into his wallet and grabbed a couple of bucks to give to the man. As he approached the light at the exit, he rolled the money up vertically and stretched his arm out of his window. He says, the man touched the cash and one of the dollars fell to the ground.

The man then bent over and picked it up.

Moments later as John travelled North on West 117th he says a Cleveland police officer pulled him over.

“He proceeds to tell me he’s pulling me over for littering,” said John.

http://fox8.com/2012/05/22/man-ticketed-for-dropping-money-on-the-ground/?hpt=ju_bn5

[rfranklin]

1. That cop is an asshole.

That's all.

[Politicalboi]

3. How does this cop

Justify money as litter? Money is not trash, and isn't it "illegal" to intentionally damage it. I hope this man can beat this ticket.

[Lucky Luciano]

4. beat the ticket or not - it is still a huge waste of fucking time.

The cop should have to pay the guy $300 for the time he has to waste to fight the ticket.

[mythology]

6. And then promptly fired for abuse of power.

Until individual cops start being fired for overstepping their bounds, the culture of corruption that infects far too many police departments will never change.

[romantico]

5. I

I hope in this day of the internet and Facebook,that a nice little crowd shows up to support this guy on his court date along with the media and local news team. I'd like to know the name of the officer and ask the Police Department to condemn this sort of conduct. Meanwhile, it makes you wonder what REAL crimes were going on nearby while this Police Officer was bust showing this guy how tough he is.

[lonestarnot]

7. Cops are asking us to hate them more every day.

[hifiguy]

11. They are begging for the hatred of the public,

aren't they? I hope this shitbag is publicly embarrassed by every media outlet in his state.

[Raine]

12. "Ask and they shall receive", that's for sure! nt

[Octafish]

8. I thought John Roberts and Tony the Fixer said money was speech?

Hunh. Oh well. Can't wait for the court date.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. Our local cops are super aggressive against panhandling.

This story does not surprise me in the least.

[frylock]

10. fuck tha police

[MrScorpio]

13. So a random act of kindness lands some guy a ticket...

This is why we can't have nice things in this country.