Quoted:

I don’t think I’ve personally said perjury, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it had some creative writing that needed to be amended when the video was discovered.

I do think that the constable should be charged with damaging the private property.  Hopefully the video also has an impact on his workman’s comp claim.

Quoted:
Did you really manage to miss that I emphasized run with italics and that the cop's leg bent in weird directions while he fell?  It was an obvious joke that I expected everyone to catch.

Based on the news report the driver was charged with what he actually did with no "fucking over" involved and no proof of perjury by the officer.

The DA sucks?  The DA knows the jury pool sucks?

It was contact between a pedestrian and a car.  It needed to be reported.  IMHO it's better for the driver to play dumb and call it an accident than to assert self-defense in bulling through the intersection "in order to escape the guy directing traffic."

It's the section that says if you ignore directions to stop and pass within a couple feet of the officer he's likely to react reflexively and it'll be your fault for startling him.  This was once known as common sense, but that entire section was repealed decades ago.

Quoted:

I don’t think I’ve personally said perjury, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it had some creative writing that needed to be amended when the video was discovered.

I do think that the constable should be charged with damaging the private property.  Hopefully the video also has an impact on his workman’s comp claim.

Quoted:


If by creative writing you mean lying, then I think we're on the same page.

Amazing what some will defend to the detriment of an entire profession.

Quoted:
Pull off 100 yards down the road and call 911.  Making them track you down at home, as indicated in the paperwork shown, is just stupid and stupid should hurt.

I shouldn't be calling it "paperwork".  It's a Facebook post by the PR folks not any official report or documentation.

Don't be daft.  See above.

The media cut it to hype the story?  The car in the right lane slowing for a stop while the white car continues through the intersection and changes lanes implies that he did violate the officer's directions.

If you drive past a traffic control officer that ordered you to stop and he whacks your car you don't get to accuse him of assault.

Without knowing exactly he wrote in the actual police report I cannot say whether his testimony about the incident is credible.

Why?  That cop definitely wasn't committing a hit-and-run.

Quoted:


Did I say that reflexive actions are common sense?  Did I say that reflexive actions are always smart or correct?  No, no I didn't.

Did I say that if you do something startlingly stupid you'll cause a (possibly ill-considered) reflexive response?  Yes, yes I did.

If you don't understand why reflexive actions may be inconsistent with common sense then maybe you should check out this thread.

Yes it is interesting how many assume that the cop committed perjury instead of realizing that the charge does not require any lying on his part.  Yes it is interesting how many don't think that the driver that ignored the red light, ignored the cop's instructions, passed within feet of a pedestrian lawfully in the intersection, drove home, and never reported the incident is the bad guy.