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Title: Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
Post by: Chris_ on October 08, 2011, 10:01:40 PM
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Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket

Police experimented with a new tactic Friday night as they responded to a weeklong Occupy Seattle demonstration at Westlake Park -- ticketing drivers who honked in support of protesters.

Starting at 11 p.m. Friday, police started pulling over and ticketing drivers who honked as they drove past protesters.

When the first car -- a taxi -- was pulled over, the protesters followed and shouted at police who then formed a blockade around the driver's  cab.
KOMO News (http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Police-to-protest-supporters-Honk-if-you-d-like-2209430.php#ixzz1aFYkzmcu)
:nelson:

Funny, I've never heard of this happening at any Tea Party  gatherings.
Title: Re: Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
Post by: DefiantSix on October 08, 2011, 10:13:02 PM
TEA Party gatherings usually aren't trying to "Tear down the existing structure of America" so that the United States can be "fundamentally changed" into something it's never been before.
Title: Re: Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
Post by: vesta111 on October 09, 2011, 06:03:40 AM
Quote from: DefiantSix on October 08, 2011, 10:13:02 PM
TEA Party gatherings usually aren't trying to "Tear down the existing structure of America" so that the United States can be "fundamentally changed" into something it's never been before.

Take a lesson from the Libs. when the Conservatives want to protest what we have become, 3 days in jail will turn the Conservative into a Lib.[24]
Title: Re: Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
Post by: thundley4 on October 09, 2011, 06:54:18 PM
Quote from: vesta111 on October 09, 2011, 06:03:40 AM
Take a lesson from the Libs. when the Conservatives want to protest what we have become, 3 days in jail will turn the Conservative into a Lib.[24]


 :bs:  Time in jail will reinforce a conservatives belief in following the law.
Title: Re: Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
Post by: compaqxp on October 09, 2011, 06:58:54 PM
I don't care what you're protesting or who's protesting, charging people for honking is just wrong.
Title: Re: Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
Post by: thundley4 on October 09, 2011, 07:01:24 PM
Quote from: compaqxp on October 09, 2011, 06:58:54 PM
I don't care what you're protesting or who's protesting, charging people for honking is just wrong.

What about the guy that was driving by some politicians house and honking all the time?
Title: Re: Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
Post by: redwhit on October 10, 2011, 01:07:10 PM
Quote from: compaqxp on October 09, 2011, 06:58:54 PM
I don't care what you're protesting or who's protesting, charging people for honking is just wrong.

Not when the sole purpose is to harass and annoy.  Starting this at 11pm on a Friday night?  I can live with that.
Title: Re: Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
Post by: Karin on October 10, 2011, 04:02:41 PM
I believe in extremely limited use of the honk.  Pretty much "you're about to pull out in front of me you don't want to do that can you not see me?"   I don't like the horn used for "hey pal," "the light just turned green 1 nanosecond ago," and bullshit like that.  It distracts from when you may really need it. 

Title: Re: Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
Post by: thundley4 on October 10, 2011, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: Karin on October 10, 2011, 04:02:41 PM
I believe in extremely limited use of the honk.  Pretty much "you're about to pull out in front of me you don't want to do that can you not see me?"   I don't like the horn used for "hey pal," "the light just turned green 1 nanosecond ago," and bullshit like that.  It distracts from when you may really need it. 



I agree, the horn should only be used as a warning device which it was intended for.   That being said, when I was young and lived in a more rural area, it wasn't uncommon for someone to honk and wave at someone out in their yard.