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In reply to the discussion: Went and got myself arrested today... [View all]ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)21. In a technical sense, anytime you are pulled over you are detained
....and could argue, under arrest.
Apparently we're supposed to be impressed or something.
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It was 12:30 AM on a deserted street. I was speeding. But I was not being unsafe.
Gravitycollapse
May 2013
#2
The officer literally placed me under arrest. How else can I explain that
Gravitycollapse
May 2013
#74
Why use the term? Because I was arrested. Why aren't you getting this?
Gravitycollapse
May 2013
#100
Make sure you do go to court and be on time, otherwise they can issue you a warrant
darkangel218
May 2013
#108
You were temporarily detained, not arrested. That's the common terminology, and is commonly done...
Ghost in the Machine
May 2013
#147
He was not given a "speeding ticket", that you have options to whether or not you take it to trial or
darkangel218
May 2013
#106
Even in the face of insurmountable evidence, you refuse to admit reality.
Gravitycollapse
May 2013
#140
In a technical sense, anytime you are pulled over you are detained
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2013
#21
So...if you didn't get arrested for anything cool, is that cooler than getting arrested, but not for
Brickbat
May 2013
#9
False. You can be arrested and released without ever even being handcuffed.
Gravitycollapse
May 2013
#38
So your bike was impounded and towed or they left it on the side of the road ?
newmember
May 2013
#70
No, the arresting officer released me after everything was signed and fingerprinted.
Gravitycollapse
May 2013
#76
How and where were you "fingerprinted and booked" if you weren't taken to jail?
darkangel218
May 2013
#71
Never heard of an arresting officer doing ink pad fingerprints out of his car
newmember
May 2013
#86
That's an electronic one , I know about those but the OP said it was an ink pad
newmember
May 2013
#119
The point of the OP was to point out how being arrested for a ticket was lame.
Gravitycollapse
May 2013
#73
Did the cop say you were "under arrest"? did he/she read your miranda rights?
darkangel218
May 2013
#63
It'd be fairly easy to outrun an SUV on a sport bike. His radio and the other police? Not so much.
Electric Monk
May 2013
#40
The difference between doing the job and being a dick. Sorry about the impending
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#50
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Speeding is dangerous to you AND everyone around you.
kestrel91316
May 2013
#64
Now begins the battle of removing your photo from all the online mugshot rackets
apples and oranges
May 2013
#66
The way this thread is going, you might want to invoke your Fifth Amendment right to remain silent!
NYC_SKP
May 2013
#107
Yah sorry about the thread. I guess the last thing you needed was a pile up.
darkangel218
May 2013
#113
NO, one can't speed and commit anarchy.It's dark, what if someone was crossing.
graham4anything
May 2013
#109
Next time, take the extra effort and make it for doing something cool instead, ok? :)
Electric Monk
May 2013
#115