Recording police fuckups is now a punishable offense...in the eyes of fucktard cops

On the subject of cops..

Last night I was at a local pond fishing with my buddy, his friend, and his friend's girlfriend. After about 2 hours his friend and his friend's girlfriend left leaving me with just my buddy. I go up to the truck and grab a bottle of poweraid and i'm sitting there drinking it and fishing with my buddy. 3 hours later or so we decided we should be leaving. Just then my mom calls me so I answer my phone and I put the cap on my poweraid and set it down next to me. On the phone for a little bit and I get up, grab my pole, and walk back to his truck. I sit down in the truck and my buddy does the same. We go to leave when we hear a siren behind us.. It's a game warden. He walks up to us, introduces himself and talks to us for a little bit. We hand him our fishing licenses and he's still chatting, asking how we did and what not. Then he looks at me and was like "So how was that poweraid?"

Me: "Uh.. good I guess?"
Him: "Little expensive don't ya think?"
Me: "Like a dollar at most, not that bad."
Him: "Nah, little bit more than that. Where is it anyways?"
Me: *Looks around* "Oh crap, must of left it down there my bad. I'll go grab it."
Him: *Lifts up the bottle* "You mean this right here?"
Me: "Oh thanks sir"
Him: "Not so fast. You know what this is? This is excessive littering."
Me: "..excuse me?"
Him: "I'm gonna have to write you a ticket. Hope your poweraid was worth it. Thanks for offering to get it though"

And I got fined $500 for littering. What. The. Fuck. It was an honest mistake, I forgot the damn thing. I didn't throw it in the bushes, I didn't toss it in the water, it was sitting upwards on the path closed and I honestly forgot it. That's fucking excessive. No warning, no nothing. What the shit...

I have the option to take it to court and fight it, but I risk getting higher fines and 60 days in jail.. for poweraid.

His dept is probably poor and/or he has a quota to fill. What a jackass, sorry to hear to man :/, that's being an "excessive dick".

e: Actually, how is a single bottle "excessive"? I'd fucking fight that, there's no way that can be considered excessive. Multiple objects, yes, but a single fucking bottle, I don't think so scooter.

The only thing I'm afraid of though is risking that 60 days in jail. If he was that quick to give me that big of a fine over something small, I don't know if I wanna take the risk of getting completely raped in court.

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Originally Posted by Kornman00

how is a single bottle "excessive"? I'd fucking fight that, there's no way that can be considered excessive. Multiple objects, yes, but a single fucking bottle, I don't think so scooter.

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I'd fight that, it wasn't excessive at all.

Wardens are VERY finicky though, at least around here. They'll watch you with binoculars from afar and document everything you do so they can try and ding you for something little. We got a small fine for public urinating once when hunting because we pulled off the road to take a piss ha. We were debating on trying to fight it by trying to say he was invading our privacy because he was watching us pee or something. Decided the $20 fine or whatever wasn't worth it.

That was bullshit. It was one item, you were there and admitted you forgot it, no warning, and he probably was trying to match a shit quota. That's the kind of police work that makes me bang my head against the wall. What a load of shit.

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Originally Posted by PlasbianX

The only thing I'm afraid of though is risking that 60 days in jail. If he was that quick to give me that big of a fine over something small, I don't know if I wanna take the risk of getting completely raped in court.

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It's called bullying. The big kid in the play ground will ask you for your lunch money, then say you can go tell the teacher, but he'll beat you up. Now the kid is a thief and threatening assault. This cop-wanna-be is just being a bully, I don't see how any judge would/could sentence you to 60 days in jail for fighting this. I'd rather spend 500$ on legal counsel to win my case against this fuck face than pony up 500$ to the state.

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Originally Posted by Freelancer

I'd fight that, it wasn't excessive at all.

Wardens are VERY finicky though, at least around here. They'll watch you with binoculars from afar and document everything you do so they can try and ding you for something little. We got a small fine for public urinating once when hunting because we pulled off the road to take a piss ha. We were debating on trying to fight it by trying to say he was invading our privacy because he was watching us pee or something. Decided the $20 fine or whatever wasn't worth it.

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They do that here. They sit in the swamps around here in ghillie suits with night vision goggles and they watch you for hours and hours hoping they can find one thing to get you on. The thing is, where we were positioned near the lake, the only possible place he could of been hiding to watch us would of been directly behind us. So I'm surprised he didn't get me for public urination either because i definitely pulled it out and pissed in his general direction at least once. It's just every time i've ever run into a game warden while out fishing, they've always been cool, just wanted to make sure I had my license, wanted to know if I got anything decent, and to make sure I wasn't smoking any pot. (it's actually pretty bad around here; lot's of people go to the swamps to smoke)

This guy though.. was just an absolute dick.

ODFW people and State Troopers are generally very nice about things. I once forgot my license in my other jacket and the guy just winked and said "Well be sure to have it next time" and went back into his car. You guys must live in overpopulated areas full of dickweeds or something.

fight it, half the time they never even show up to court.