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bupkus

(1,981 posts)
9. Cops flying past you on the highway!
Mon May 21, 2012, 06:52 AM
May 2012

I don't know if this has been mentioned on DU but check it out.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/nj_state_troopers_face_probe_f.html

N.J. state troopers face probe for 'Death Race 2012' down Parkway to AC

TRENTON — The State Police are investigating complaints that two troopers escorted a caravan of luxury sports cars at speeds in excess of 100 mph down the Garden State Parkway to Atlantic City last month. The occupants included former Giants running back and sports car enthusiast Brandon Jacobs, according to a source with knowledge of the trip.

In the complaints, obtained by The Star-Ledger, witnesses said that in the early afternoon March 30, they saw two State Police patrol cars with their emergency lights flashing driving in front of and behind the southbound caravan, which included dozens of Porsches, Lamborghinis, Ferraris and other vehicles, all with their license plates covered with tape.

One witness, Wayne Gantt, dubbed the escort "Death Race 2012."

"I had the great pleasure today of nearly being killed by, not one, but two, Lamborghinis traveling in excess of 110 mph in a (New Jersey State Police) escorted ‘caravan’ of approximately 30 exotic vehicles all traveling well over 100 mph," Gantt wrote in an e-mail complaint to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which oversees the Parkway.

He added that many of the sports cars were weaving across all three lanes.


There's an "investigation" going on now but it's already come out that this kind of stuff has happened HUNDREDS of times.

Read the rest at the link.


Read the rest at the link.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/nj_state_troopers_face_probe_f.html

And the "investigation".
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/nj_attorney_generals_office_in.html

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I agree with you. DLevine May 2012 #1
it is getting worse wwytchwood May 2012 #2
Another angle not mentioned is the Sheriff's and D A's are elected positions; thus political. FarPoint May 2012 #3
When cops don't live in the cities they patrol, they are an occuopying ..... marble falls May 2012 #4
"paratroop pants"?! wtf are those? pasto76 May 2012 #6
gathered at the cuff into the boot. So having a ranks, having assault weapons, tanks ... marble falls May 2012 #14
US? malaise May 2012 #5
Good cops are the norm? DiverDave May 2012 #7
You may be right, I don't know. JFN1 May 2012 #8
I'm a child of the '50's (57) DiverDave May 2012 #23
Cops flying past you on the highway! bupkus May 2012 #9
Cops protecting and pampering the 1%. Again. CanonRay May 2012 #10
A culture of violence and preferential treatment WTremblay May 2012 #11
broad brushes DustyJoe May 2012 #12
"I would guess the good ones far outnumber the bad." JFN1 May 2012 #13
+1. Well said. n/t FSogol May 2012 #16
bad cooks at McDonalds don't club people and shoot people dead. provis99 May 2012 #20
It's interesting to see you say "Sure there are bad cops ...," but you don't directly say AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #21
YEP! At one time they were Officers of the Peace Rex May 2012 #15
Bravo. hifiguy May 2012 #17
WI law enforcement joined the protesters- remember that? lutefisk May 2012 #18
Yes, and that was wonderful. But it is the exception, JFN1 May 2012 #19
Thank you!! THIS!!! daaron May 2012 #22
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