“Cop Blocker” Hit by Drunk Driver After Protesting Police Checkpoint.

"I Can be Stig?" (BigRusty)
11/25/2014 at 14:59 • Filed to: irony,, blackflag

Watkins was issued a summons for driving without a license. " I don't ask for permission to drive a car I paid for on a road I paid for," he said.

Never one to wish ill-will on someone, but oh, the irony.

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DISCUSSION (12)

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > I Can be Stig?
11/25/2014 at 15:07

I rather feel like the accident only strengthened his position. The checkpoints didn't stop the drunk driver.

MarquetteLa > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
11/25/2014 at 15:09

It may have been one of the people he warned about the checkpoint that hit him.

I Can be Stig? > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
11/25/2014 at 15:10

He was a fair distance from the checkpoint when he was hit.

LappingLuke > I Can be Stig?
11/25/2014 at 15:20

Exactly...the road system is big and a checkpoint is uselessly small. They have never been shown to reduce anything they set out to stop and always prove to get a bunch of tickets handed out for little BS things they wouldn't have been able to write up if they weren't stopping people illegally.

I Can be Stig? > LappingLuke
11/25/2014 at 15:28

Don't disagree with your assessment of the figures ... but to stand outside and harass the police isn't going to stop them from taking place and doesn't portray you in the most sympathetic light.

LappingLuke > I Can be Stig?
11/25/2014 at 15:41

Yeah I don't condone harassment at all since it's far more likely that you will end up assaulted or arrested than accomplishing your goals. I do however condone not complying with their questions and demands if you happen to get screwed into stopping at one of these.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > I Can be Stig?
11/25/2014 at 15:50

Yeah, and that's the logical point, but he could easily gloss that over. I'm surprised he hasn't. Seems like kindof an attention hound. I don't support police checkpoints, but I think acting like a jerk and cursing like a 4th grader in your press releases isn't the way to fight them.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
11/25/2014 at 15:50

Yep, this. Cops don't help people. They only help themselves.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > MarquetteLa
11/25/2014 at 15:50

Good point.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
11/25/2014 at 15:54

I think it depends on the cop. A friend of mine is a cop and he helps people quite regularly. There are obviously abuses of power and wrong ways to do things, but just as many heroic or helpful actions. Sweeping generalizations only lead to ineffective solutions.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
11/25/2014 at 15:58

True. It also depends on your location. There are cops who do it for the right reasons, but as far as I can tell, they're in the minority and generally end up hating being a cop. I used to work in a recording studio and a band we recorded were made up of a bunch of actually quite cool cops. They spent pretty much the entire session bitching about how much they hate cops and how most are just macho bullies that they wish they could do something about.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
11/25/2014 at 16:12

Yeah, it's the curse of the public servant. I think most get in to help, but they don't always hold on to that.