Can-Man unbuckles seat belt to give homeless man $3-Turns out to be undercover cop

[Anti Federalist]

Edit: this was in Regina Canada, not California.


Who calls his asshole buddies to ticket the man.


Man Ticketed for No Seatbelt After Unbuckling to Give Money to Cop Dressed as Homeless Man

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/ma...cop-dressed-homeless-man/#o67g2JgiLT9Xitcu.99

Matt Agorist June 10, 2016

Regina, CA (sic) — Showing that there is no limit as to how low they will go to extract revenue from citizens, cops are dressing up like homeless people and ticketing them when they unbuckle to hand out spare change.

Dane Rusk was driving away from the mall this Wednesday when he saw a man who appeared in dire need of help. So, he did what any kind-hearted individual would do — he reached into his pocket, pulled out $3 and gave it to the man holding a cardboard sign.

“As I came up to the stop sign, I stopped and looked and I saw this homeless guy holding a sign,” Rusk explained. “I instantly felt sorry for him.”

“I reached out – I had to undo my seat belt, hang over and drop the change on the curb,” Rusk told CTV Regina.

Instead of receiving the instant gratification from helping others, however, Rusk received a $175 traffic ticket for unbuckling his seatbelt in order to get the $3 out.

After pulling away from the homeless man, an armed extortion agent swooped in to issue the ticket.

“I said, ‘What do you mean? I didn’t talk to any police officer,’ and he said, ‘Well ya, you gave him money,’” Dusk said.

“I said, ‘Oh, the homeless guy?’”

The needy homeless guy who was holding up the sign was an undercover cop, who somehow disgustingly thinks extorting good Samaritans is a public service.

CTV reports that Rusk said he was “pretty shocked” by the incident. “The ticket’s $175 and the three dollars I gave to him – I’m out $178 all because I was trying to help out a homeless guy.”

Police in Regina remain unapologetic, even after news of their unscrupulous scheme went public. They claim it is part of a project at intersections to keep the town safe. Safe from what? We have no idea, as it appears they are the only ones posing a danger to motorists.

“Intersections are probably one of the most critical areas when it comes to accidents obviously, and our high-volume intersections are ones that we tend to target,” said Regina spokesperson Evan Bray. “So we will run random intersection projects throughout the city.”

How exactly Bray thinks issuing a $175 dollar threat of violence to a man for donating to a homeless person stops an accident, is entirely unclear.

This move by police is a new low in the government-sponsored extortion racket and is a testament to what police really ‘protect’ — their bottom lines.

Sadly, this is not the first time the Free Thought Project has reported on cops posing as homeless people to separate citizens from their hard-earned money.

Last July, in an apparent attempt to give rise to their bottom line, the San Bernardino Police Department took to the streets dressed as panhandlers. Four officers donned their cardboard signs and walked the street looking for vile criminal law breakers who’d dare to be inside a vehicle without their seat belts on.

Curiously, they too failed to mention how exactly extorting money from people for victimless crimes, such as not wearing their seatbelt, contributes to the safety of the community. Probably because it doesn’t. Seat belt violations are merely a scam to allow officers to “lawfully” extort money from the citizenry so they can keep getting their scheduled promotions.

In fact, the enforcement of laws for victimless crimes, in reality, makes society less safe. In a recent study, it was revealed that locking people in cages for crimes in which there is no victim, almost guarantees that they will become a real criminal. Bravo police state. Bravo.

 

[MelissaWV]

The logic is utterly absent. Even going by the police department's own narrative, they are ENDANGERING people at intersections. The biggest hesitation I have giving to people I know are actually needy when they are standing at such intersections is that when that light turns green, people behind me are going to want me to go, and the person coming up and getting the money might not get out of the way fast enough. The danger is not me taking off my seatbelt. The danger is the distraction and change from the expected flow of traffic, which the police are only making much worse by first posing as homeless, and then by pulling people over (remember you have to change lanes/speed in order to allow room for those flashing lights or else you'll get an even bigger ticket).

 

[acptulsa]

Who gets the donations these employed people posing as homeless collect, and how is that person or organization not guilty of fraud?

 

[puppetmaster]

If the Canadians had guns they should Storm the police station and fire every last cop there.

 

[TheTexan]

Well, he did break the law

$175 is a small price to pay, for learning to never ever ever ever ever take off his seatbelt

 

[Natural Citizen]

It figures it'd be some crap like that.

 

[dannno]

There was a music festival where cops were dropping 1 gram weed sacks on the ground - they would wait for somebody to pick it up, then go over and tell them that it was theirs, they had dropped it and would hand them $10 and thank them for finding it - then they would arrest them for selling weed.

 

[Anti Federalist]

The logic is utterly absent.

No, it is perfectly logical, once you drop any silly pretensions that the cops bullshit us with.

This has nothing to do with "safety".

It is revenue generation and to let you know that cops are everywhere and will do anything, any trick or subversion, to fuck you up.

 

[MelissaWV]

No, it is perfectly logical, once you drop any silly pretensions that the cops bull$#@! us with.

This has nothing to do with "safety".

It is revenue generation and to let you know that cops are everywhere and will do anything, any trick or subversion, to $#@! you up.

Oh I know, hence why I mentioned even *if* someone believed it was about safety. Most of the people I run into on a daily basis would start off believing that premise, so it pays to think about dismantling it from that perspective.

 

[acptulsa]

No, it is perfectly logical, once you drop any silly pretensions that the cops bull$#@! us with.

This has nothing to do with "safety".

It is revenue generation and to let you know that cops are everywhere and will do anything, any trick or subversion, to $#@! you up.

But of course this is all because they love us and want us to be safe! Don't you watch the commercials? Don't you realize that even when you're sitting stock still at a red light talking to an allegedly homeless person, your airbag can go off and kill you?

And, no, don't even complain about deadly airbags full of poisonous gas being mandatory. That's because a different branch of government loves you and wants you to be safe.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Thanks gawd the World Police are keeping me Safe(TM)!

 

[Anti Federalist]

But of course this is all because they love us and want us to be safe! Don't you watch the commercials? Don't you realize that even when you're sitting stock still at a red light talking to an allegedly homeless person, your airbag can go off and kill you?

And, no, don't even complain about deadly airbags full of poisonous gas being mandatory. That's because a different branch of government loves you and wants you to be safe.

This goes right here...



When “If It Saves One Life” Doesn’t Seem to Matter…

by eric • June 4, 2016

http://ericpetersautos.com/2016/06/04/takata/

There are millions of cars out there with ticking time bombs in their dashboards … and steering wheels. Air bags with defective components produced by Takata, a Japanese company that supplied the components to 14 different automakers, who unknowingly installed them in their cars.

Some of these defective bags have spewed bits of metal – shrapnel – into people’s faces, killing at least ten and causing serious injury to 100.

Understandably, people who own cars with Takata air bags are nervous about going anywhere near their cars – let alone getting behind the wheel.

Many more could be injured – and possibly, killed – because there are so many cars in circulation that have the defective bags. Models from Honda (and its luxury line, Acura), Nissan (and its luxury line, Infiniti) as well as vehicles made by Toyota/Lexus, Subaru and Nissan.

But the problem is not confined to Japanese-brand cars. It turns out Takata also supplied air bags to General Motors, Chrysler and Ford, too. The affected cars – that we know about so far – date back to the 2002 model year all the way through to 2015.

The full extent of the problem is not yet known.

A massive recall effort (see here for details) is under way but the logistics are daunting. Literally millions of cars are involved and fixing them all – a major job requiring extensive disassembly of the dashboard and steering wheel – will take months if not years.

Meanwhile, the owners of these vehicles are expected to expose themselves and their families – to a known defective product that is known to be actually as well as potentially very dangerous.

This is pretty outrageous when you stop to think about it.

If, say, it were discovered that a fast food chain’s hamburgers were tainted with e. coli bacteria, there would be an immediate cessation of the sale of those burgers. The chain would not be allowed to sell burgers again until it was known the outbreak had been contained and all the tainted beef taken out of circulation.

Of course, the problem is we’re dealing with cars, not burgers – and it’s hard to tell people they should simply stop using their cars until the problem can be fixed. It’s not realistic – and it’s not fair. People have to get to work, take their families where they need to go. It’s what they bought the car for – to get them around – and unless someone is going to give them a loaner, what else are they going to do?

Keep in mind, it’s not Honda – or Nissan or GM’s or Ford’s – fault. They can’t be expected to give out free long-term loaner cars.

It would bankrupt them.

And Takata – which is bankrupt (or soon will be, after all the claims are settled and fines paid) is in no position to pay for loaner cars to millions of people stuck with cars that might injure or kill them.

But there is a way to address the problem without denying owners of the affected vehicles the right to use their cars.

Just turn the air bags off.

Unlike replacing them, installing an on/off switch – or simply disconnecting the bags – is something easily and quickly done. And once done, the owner has the peace of mind of knowing he and his family members will not be maimed or killed by a defective air bag.

On/off switches have been installed in some vehicles – regular cab pick-up trucks – right from the factory, because of the known danger of the properly functioning air bag to a child riding in a refacing safety seat.

Allowing owners to have a dealer install a switch to shut off a defective air bag seems both logical and entirely reasonable.

It would take pressure off dealerships – who’ve been left holding the bag (so to speak) for a problem they didn’t cause – and it would greatly reduce the chances of more innocent people being subjected to a danger they didn’t sign up for and a hassle they don’t deserve.

But it’s illegal to disable air bags. Even known defective ones.

The law would need to be changed in order for dealerships to be allowed to install cut-off switches or otherwise “defeat” the defective air bags.

It’s worth noting, meanwhile, that Uncle has told VW it may not sell any diesel-powered cars for the foreseeable future because of the hypothetical “risk” to a minuscule number of computer-modeled “people” from the fractionally higher exhaust emissions of these vehicles. Not one actual person has been shown to have been harmed by a VW diesel – but Uncle is so concerned about this phantom menace he stomped on VW with both of his heavy feet.

But when air bags – which Uncle force-fed to us via mandate – actually kill (and maim) actual people, then Uncle is somehow less concerned.

Apparently, “if it saves even one life” only cuts ice when it’s not Uncle taking the lives.

 

[Anti Federalist]

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