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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A White MCPD officer called a group of Black men the n-word (and no that's not okay):

https://www.essence.com/news/maryland-police-racial-slur/[/quote]

Who said its OK?   Get guys like that off the force.

But that has nothing to do with pausing all traffic safety stops.[/quote]
The legislation does not propose pausing all traffic safety stops. Nobody is proposing this. The legislation proposes specifically to prohibit traffic stops by Montgomery County police officers based solely on the suspected violation of the following traffic offenses under the Maryland Vehicle Law, related to:
• licensing and registration;
• certificate of title or insurance;
• window tinting;
• defective headlamp or taillight;
• illuminated license plate;
• minor obstructions, including, signs, posters, and other nontransparent materials on
the windshields;

Also police officers would not be prohibited from
conducting a traffic stop if the driver of a motor vehicle
does not have at least one lighted headlamp and one rear
lamp light displayed.

You can read the proposed bill, yourself, here: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/col/2023/20230228/20230228_2B.pdf[/quote]

Some of those are definitely safety issues, but even if we ignore those (and we shouldn’t)…

Why would you bother pay pay a red light ticket, speeding citation, school bus violation, whatever, if you can’t be pulled over for an expired registration?  How can they even issue a ticket if you have a non illuminated plate?  Why bother with so many things (like repairing a headlight) if you don’t have to?  How you you ever even know that you had a tailight out?  I’m just spitballing, I don’t have time to really list all of the reasons this is stupid.

I guess that the upside is that you can freely commit crimes at night if you just disable some plate lighting.

It’s all some weird justice theater with way more downside than upside.

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All absurd comments

Why do people bother paying tickets? So they don't have collection agencies after them and don't get arrested and don't have their license suspended.

In what way does a non illuminated plate prevent officers from issuing a ticket?

Do you wait until you get a ticket to repair your headlight?[/quote]

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