NJ State Police act like Mafiosi
NJ state troopers have had their widdle feelings hurt by media treatment of their role in Corzine-gate. So on one of their blog sites, troopers have been threatening a "ticket blitz". The Jersey Guys of WKXW (Craig Carton and Ray Rossi) made this public, and the president of the police union, David Jones, retaliated by disclosing Carton's home address and plate number. The superintendent of state police has muzzled Jones. But
Mr. Carton and Mr. Rossi dedicated their show yesterday to a discussion of their fight with Mr. Jones, whom they referred to repeatedly as a “lunatic” who had caused them to fear for the safety of their families. Mr. Carton said that he had hired “round-the-clock” protection.“I don’t want money,” Mr. Carton said. “I want a guarantee that my family is safe.”
Some juicy quotes from the trooper's blog are here. And apparently Rasinski was reading a text message on his Blackberry or a cell phone at the time of the crash.
A Berkeley Heights police sergeant was quoted in the Star-Ledger of Newark yesterday saying he sent an e-mail shortly before the crash to Trooper Robert Rasinski, confronting him over having a two-year affair with his wife, Susan. He said he enclosed a family photo as an attachment.
So...these guys think they can speed, not enforce the law for the high and mighty, overenforce the law on everyone else, drive while distracted, screw other people's wives. And when people call them on acting like bullies, their answer is...to act like bullies. Yeah, that's real persuasive. So tell us again why we should respect the law, when those who enforce it show themselves to be utterly disrespectable.
Comments
Posted by: Michael Hampton
Posted on: May 7, 2007 06:54 PM
Um, I have no connection to the New Jersey state troopers whatsoever.
Posted by: Jo
Posted on: May 8, 2007 09:09 AM
I can't decide whether this would be a good time to go to NJ. On one hand, the troopers will be so hell-bent on ticketing their "opressors" that they might ignore out-of-state plates.
On the other hand, who wants to be on the road with people who aren't paying attention to what they're doing?