so this morning i got pulled over for merging out of a right-hand turn only lane (how lame is that), and when the cop pulled my license, it showed a warrant for an unpaid speeding ticket i got in SC 3 years ago. so i ended up in handcuffs while the cop checked with SC to see if they wanted to extradite me. Fortunately they didn't so he let me go and apologized for the inconvenience. I know I paid the ticket b/c I remember having to drive 2 hours to see the judge and pay the thing, so SC screwed up somewhere. I just gotta figure out who to talk to to get it fixed.

should i bother getting a lawyer involved, and what are my chances at suing somebody for the "emotional distress" caused by SC's screwup?

12/17/2007 12:50:41 PM

it's funny when white people get put in cuffs and react

in fact, it has chappele show written all over it

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 12:52 PM. Reason : .]

12/17/2007 12:51:46 PM

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"what are my chances at suing somebody for the "emotional distress" caused by SC's screwup?"

jesus fucking christ, you can't be serious?

12/17/2007 12:51:57 PM

haha, I've been handcuffed before

nbd

12/17/2007 12:52:26 PM

in handcuffs?

that's bullshit

12/17/2007 12:52:30 PM

yeah if i were you i'd at least try to get SOMETHING out of this...that is some bullshit just cause south carolina fucked up

12/17/2007 12:53:47 PM

you should have just told him a snarky joke about the differences between java and javascript

12/17/2007 12:53:52 PM

a. wtf was that cop thinking?
b. emotional distress? dude, your baby is putting punchmonk through a lot more emotional distress right now.
c. if you know you got it paid, stick by your story. the cop don't have shit on the truth.

12/17/2007 12:55:16 PM

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"it's funny when white people get put in cuffs and react"

hey man, irl is serious business

^ yeah i know that's why i said "emotional distress". but still, if i can use the system the same way i've been screwed before, i'ma do it. it's the american way.

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 12:56 PM. Reason : ...]

12/17/2007 12:55:35 PM

Happened to me for a ticket in NC once... I had mailed the money for court costs or whatever in and apparently they didn't enter it into the computer right. Like, if they read the details on their computer said they had received the money and my license was valid again, but the license status was still set to revoked so the cop didn't care about anything else. Fucker towed my car and cut up my license... I ended up getting a new license for free but they wouldn't pay me back the towing fee for their mistake.

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 12:58 PM. Reason : oh, my mom works for a lawyer and she got it fixed..but yea, get one]

12/17/2007 12:56:58 PM

eh, you should get a lawyer

you dont want to fuck this one up

12/17/2007 12:57:02 PM

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"wtf was that cop thinking? "

that he pulled over a person with an outstanding warrant that he may have to take in?

this just seems like common procedure.

12/17/2007 12:58:58 PM

its for a traffic ticket, hand cuffs is a bit extreme

12/17/2007 12:59:33 PM

get a lawyer and create a new thread on tww about what follows.

12/17/2007 12:59:52 PM

that cop musta been bored for pulling you over for that. ugh! maybe you can pay for a lot of things for little maya if you win a suit

12/17/2007 1:00:40 PM

its an outstanding warrant none-the-less. whats extreme about handcuffs?

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 1:01 PM. Reason : e]

12/17/2007 1:01:17 PM

yeah I don't see anything out of the ordinary. Just be glad they didn't do some crazy stupid shit and extradite you down there. Not sure why they would for just a ticket, but they obviously could have.

12/17/2007 1:02:33 PM

yeah i know the guy was just doing his job and didn't give him any crap. but still, somebody should be held accountable for this. and if it means those rednecks in santee, sc have to cough up some money for their ineptitude, sounds like justice to me

12/17/2007 1:06:03 PM

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" if i can use the system the same way i've been screwed before, i'ma do it."

way to take the high road

12/17/2007 1:06:24 PM

^^accountable for what? the x minutes you were inconvinienced? get the sand out of your vagina.

we should sue everytime someone makes a mistake!

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 1:08 PM. Reason : d]

12/17/2007 1:07:45 PM

it will probably cost you more to hire a lawyer to do anything than you would get out of it

CRUSADE FOR GREAT JUSTICE MODEL CITIZEN!1111

12/17/2007 1:08:34 PM

sober46an3 and common sense win this thread

12/17/2007 1:09:11 PM

What would you want to sue for?

How much do you really think you should get for a minor inconvenience?

12/17/2007 1:11:59 PM

you got pulled over, handcuffed, and then let go.

could have been worse, could have been pulled over, beaten, hand cuffed and taken to jail for little to no reason.

how about being thankful you're white and not worrying about suing

12/17/2007 1:14:56 PM

when americans screw up, they pay for it. seems like it should be the same for the govt. if a lawyer tells me i can help hold law enforcement accountable, i'm there. if not, i have plenty of more important things going on in my life.

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 1:17 PM. Reason : ^ yes let's all be satisfied with not being beaten for no reason. commie.]

12/17/2007 1:15:50 PM

I think the court system and law enforcement should get fined every time they fuck up. It won't ever happen though. (they fine everyone else when they fuck up )

12/17/2007 1:15:57 PM

^not a bad idea haha

12/17/2007 1:17:01 PM

I am not even talking about exorbitant fines either. Just dime and nickel them like we are done.

Whoever failed to take the warrant out when the ticket was paid should get fined $25 dollars Or the agency responsible should be fined that much. qntmfred should get all of the $25.00. If that DMV or clerk of courts office had to pay those fines they would figure out ways to operate more efficiently without fucking up or fire the idiots that are making the mistakes.

That way employees that fuck up a lot would get fired just like they do in any other employment setting. I know if I fuck something up at work that causes someone else a serious inconvenience I at minimum will get an ass chewing. If it happens too much they would find someone else to do my job.

If government agencies operated more like that we would all be better off.

I can send a box pretty much anywhere on the globe and know exactly where it is in about 10 seconds. Someone explain why its that hard for the courts and law enforcement agencies to keep track of who has a fucking arrest warrant out.

12/17/2007 1:21:49 PM

all the self entitlement in here is too much for me to handle.

come back when something remotely meaningful happens to you.

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 1:23 PM. Reason : d]

12/17/2007 1:23:23 PM

^^um, the military does work like that. we have some of the highest standards of any workplace. but yes, i'd be the first to say that all the government should be held to higher standards

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 1:26 PM. Reason : .]

12/17/2007 1:23:37 PM

yeah that's the thing about govt agencies. they hire all the people that can't cut it in private industry and give them a job for life. i remember the sheriff and magistrate seemed like morons who didn't know how to answer any question i had, or what policies were.

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"all the self entitlement in here"

look, i'm not acting like my human rights were violated. i don't blame the guy for doing his job, i just have high expectations for my government and want to make them better.

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 1:27 PM. Reason : USA#1]

12/17/2007 1:25:14 PM

most sheriffs are elected...

12/17/2007 1:25:45 PM

ah ha!

morons electing morons

12/17/2007 1:28:37 PM

The Sheriff does not have jurisdiction over the Courts and DMV.

12/17/2007 1:29:21 PM

I'm very disappointed by this.


I really expected better from you.

12/17/2007 1:36:04 PM

you should at least attempt to get something out of it imo....b/c they do the same to you.

and I don't care if its common or not, cuffs for something as minor as an unpaid ticket, when there is obviously no flight risk is absurd.

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"we should sue everytime someone makes a mistake!"

not everyone, just the man.

12/17/2007 1:36:55 PM

maybe it wasn't the sheriff, i can't quite remember his title. i mean, this happened even before gmail came out.

on the other hand, i got a surprise pickle with my lunch today so things are looking up

12/17/2007 1:37:16 PM

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"SURPRISE PICKLE LUNCH"

12/17/2007 1:38:30 PM

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"Fortunately they didn't so he let me go and apologized for the inconvenience"

wow the cop literally apologized to you and you're still complaining?

12/17/2007 1:38:50 PM

you apoligize to the typical cop and see where it gets you.....should be no different the other way around.

12/17/2007 1:40:57 PM

like i said, i'm not complaining about the cop. i'm complaining about santee, sc courts system. they owe me my dignity and self-respect back, plus the 20 minutes i was late to work. i take cashiers checks and money orders

12/17/2007 1:40:58 PM

well i'd be willing to bet all you'd get was an apology from a bookkeeper in south carolina

i think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill

12/17/2007 1:42:32 PM

dont you mean you got a

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"SURPRISE PICKLE TICKLE"

12/17/2007 1:42:41 PM

this might have already been suggested, but give the DA's office a call.

most of the time they don't even want to bother with stupid things like this and will take care of it. I got a ticket for 135 bucks for parking in a fire lane, and called to tell them i was 50 miles away... he told me not to worry about something this small and dropped it.

12/17/2007 1:43:43 PM

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"i think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill"

there are countless times the gov does this....again, why not the other way around?

12/17/2007 1:43:56 PM

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"making a mountain out of a mole hill"

i merged out of a right-turn only lane and got pulled over. 3 years ago i got pulled for going 83 in a 65 on an empty highway at 1 in the morning. so who's making a mountain out of a mole hill?

12/17/2007 1:44:14 PM

12/17/2007 1:44:23 PM

call it what you want but you're wasting your time cause you're not going to get anything out of this

right or wrong they don't care that you got inconvenienced due to their own clerical errors...they do not give a single solitary shit...so you're wasting your time pursuing this

12/17/2007 1:45:13 PM

If I enter something incorrectly in the MLS my company gets a $300 fine the as soon as the inaccuracy is found. Guess who that fine gets passed to if they get hit with one.

I once got backcharged by a client $800 for a paperwork error that was a completely honest mistake. It cost him $800, he charged it to my company, they charged it to me. Mind you no one got arrested or detained for that but I was out $800 for one little fuck up.

This is not about self entitlement. It's about our law enforcement being able to know who they need to be arresting and who they don't. I don't see why it is wrong for employees of government agencies to be held responsible for mistakes. If the court employees and DMV can't keep shit in the computers accurate then how the hell are the cops supposed to do their jobs?

I got pulled under similar circumstances once and the trooper kept my license. I never did figure out why but a speeding ticket I had already gotten taken care of had my license suspended. The cop was nice enough to let me go (drive away) because he saw the charges were resolved but I had to pay $110 for a new license to the DMV. The ticket he gave me for driving with no license has yet to be resolved. I finally got a lawyer because I was tired of going to court only to sit there all day and them continue it because I would not pay the fine for driving with no license after already paying $110 to the DMV to get a new one. I would rather pay the lawyer $250 to fight it tooth and nail than $125 and have a conviction for something I did not do.

Next time I hear the courthouse is overcrowded and they need to build a bigger one I am going to barf.

12/17/2007 1:45:20 PM

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"It's about our law enforcement being able to know who they need to be arresting and who they don't."

you mean for courts to have paperwork correct

law enforcement is a separate entity from the police

the cop can only act on the info he has, so if anyone is "at fault" it would be the district court in the county he was pulled in, but even then...there's no preexisting penalties for clerical errors at the DA's office, so any "victory" you claim will by pyrrhic

12/17/2007 1:48:45 PM