jchantelau
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I was on my way over to my local gun store to pick up a few things. When I got to the front of the gun store the parking lot is very small so I had to wait just a second for a larger truck to pull out and then I slowly pulled in my spot and walked in. I walked in the store exactly at 12:44 and began to look around. I would say about 10 to 15 minutes passed and 2 South Carolina troopers walked in and started looking around the store. One of them came up to the ammo counter where I was and told the owner he was looking for the owner of the red mustang outside.
I quickly said that's my mustang what's wrong officer? He then says to me..."Why were you driving like that"?....I said..."excuse me", I've been in the store about 10 minutes not sure I understand the question...he ignored me.....I said again well I've been in the store for the past 10 to 15 minutes so I'm not sure why you would ask that to me. He continued to ignore me and asked the owner to see the video tape of the front door of the gun store. I decided to walk outside to see what the heck was going on and there were 2 more cops out there talking to 2 other folks discussing a reckless driver and I said...hey what the heck is going on? Somebody needs to explain to me what the hell is up?
The trooper came out and asked for my license, insurance, and registration which I quickly handed to him and he said he would be right with me. The other drivers left and then the other 2 cops went over to the troopers car and were looking at his video camera. The one cop came up to me and says.....cmon you know it was you......I said...you're out of your mind I've been in this store shopping for the past 15 min. before you guys came in.
He says that the trooper has video of my car from the camera in his car and that I was running from him. I said, well if that's the case how have I been in this store for the past 15 minutes? He ignored me and to my disbelief the next trooper walks up and hands me a reckless driving ticket and says I'm not going to arrest you today and my court date is on the ticket! I said, "ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME", let me see your video that you have of my car", that was ignored. I looked at the ticket and noticed on the ticket the trooper said the incident occurred at 12:20 in Greer and I was pumping gas across town in Simpsonville at 12:23 per my gas receipt, neither trooper wanted to listen to me.
I argued for about 2 or 3 minutes before I realized it was a losing battle and I went in and talked to the owner of the gun shop and he said he told the trooper he didn't think it was me they were looking for and then he and I spent the next hour reviewing the gun stores video. He was nice enough to print out the exact pic of me entering the store with a time stamp of 12:44 and the officer wrote on the ticket that the offense occurred at 12:20. Keep in mind I was in the store for about 10 to 15 minutes before they walked in.
So his patrol car was close enough to ID my vehicle but he didn't get a plate number? What the hell! What a mess....here I have a trooper basically calling me guilty of running from the cops and reckless driving, all because I happen to be driving a red mustang. By the way the chase started in Greer and I came from the complete other direction. Just crazy to be minding your own business and out of the blue I'm dealing with this mess.
I quickly said that's my mustang what's wrong officer? He then says to me..."Why were you driving like that"?....I said..."excuse me", I've been in the store about 10 minutes not sure I understand the question...he ignored me.....I said again well I've been in the store for the past 10 to 15 minutes so I'm not sure why you would ask that to me. He continued to ignore me and asked the owner to see the video tape of the front door of the gun store. I decided to walk outside to see what the heck was going on and there were 2 more cops out there talking to 2 other folks discussing a reckless driver and I said...hey what the heck is going on? Somebody needs to explain to me what the hell is up?
The trooper came out and asked for my license, insurance, and registration which I quickly handed to him and he said he would be right with me. The other drivers left and then the other 2 cops went over to the troopers car and were looking at his video camera. The one cop came up to me and says.....cmon you know it was you......I said...you're out of your mind I've been in this store shopping for the past 15 min. before you guys came in.
He says that the trooper has video of my car from the camera in his car and that I was running from him. I said, well if that's the case how have I been in this store for the past 15 minutes? He ignored me and to my disbelief the next trooper walks up and hands me a reckless driving ticket and says I'm not going to arrest you today and my court date is on the ticket! I said, "ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME", let me see your video that you have of my car", that was ignored. I looked at the ticket and noticed on the ticket the trooper said the incident occurred at 12:20 in Greer and I was pumping gas across town in Simpsonville at 12:23 per my gas receipt, neither trooper wanted to listen to me.
I argued for about 2 or 3 minutes before I realized it was a losing battle and I went in and talked to the owner of the gun shop and he said he told the trooper he didn't think it was me they were looking for and then he and I spent the next hour reviewing the gun stores video. He was nice enough to print out the exact pic of me entering the store with a time stamp of 12:44 and the officer wrote on the ticket that the offense occurred at 12:20. Keep in mind I was in the store for about 10 to 15 minutes before they walked in.
So his patrol car was close enough to ID my vehicle but he didn't get a plate number? What the hell! What a mess....here I have a trooper basically calling me guilty of running from the cops and reckless driving, all because I happen to be driving a red mustang. By the way the chase started in Greer and I came from the complete other direction. Just crazy to be minding your own business and out of the blue I'm dealing with this mess.
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