How many times have you seen police cars cutting through traffic or parking illegally and just known--just known!--that there was no official business going on to justify their actions? Well someone is finally confronting them and exposing them on--you guessed it--YouTube. Although the setting is New York, the principle is universal.
From The Red Tape Chronicles on MSNBC, a pretty cool site:
"Jimmy Justice" shoves his camera in the face of a New York City parking enforcement officer who left her car in front of a fire hydrant. He starts filming and he taunts her.
"You're supposed to be enforcing the law, and here you’re breaking the law," he says with all the outrage he can muster after his camera caught her shopping at a drug store while parked by the hydrant. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
She rolls up the window and drives away, but not before offering the traditional New York single-fingered farewell wave.
Jimmy Justice -- he keeps his real name a secret for obvious reasons -- stalks New York streets looking for official parking cheaters to film. Finding them never takes long. “Justice” talked to MSNBC.com as long as we promised not to reveal his identity.
"Writing summonses is not about public safety; it's about revenue,” says the vigilante. “These people are tax collectors. It makes the whole system into a big joke when they violate laws."
See the whole story and some video at The Red Tape Chronicles.
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