r/policebrutality • u/real-m-f-in-talk • Oct 10 '24
News: Video Iowa State Police made a post bragging about throwing a man in jail and towing his car for going 144mph in 65-zone, turns out the cop's radar was set to Kilometers per-hour, according to the image police posted.
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u/jrocislit Oct 11 '24
Cops are literally the dumbest people in society
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u/Putrid-Rub-1168 Oct 11 '24
Fun fact. They reject anyone who tests too high on IQ. It's been proven in court. They actively seek lower intelligence people because they want ignorant bullies who will blindly enforce unjust laws.
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u/over_it_af Oct 11 '24
Hold up. What kind of car was this man driving. If this man pushing a Honda or Toyota stock, 144 mph is NASCAR speed. No way in hell average commuter car getting near 144 mph.
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u/geekmasterflash Oct 11 '24
It would be about 88 mph, as it's registering 144 kph.
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u/over_it_af Oct 11 '24
That is what I am trying to point out. How is this cop so stupid to not notice the cars ability and the stop and use his brain.
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u/SiebelReddiT Oct 11 '24
So cops will use the metric system only when it suits them to meet their monthly goals
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u/Optimal_Locke Oct 11 '24
That's 30 people that have cause to be throw out whatever ticket was issued to them that day. What a bunch of fuckin moronic knuckleheads. They specifically don't hire them for their intelligence...
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u/Any-Persimmon-725 Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 11 '24
I mean the man was still speeding. Since 144 kmph is 89 mph. It still makes the police look incompetent at their job though
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u/TheManDapperDan Oct 12 '24
what's the point of using stopwatches in 2024 to catch speeders anyway?
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u/Living_Ear_8088 Oct 11 '24
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u/panshot23 Oct 11 '24
Yeah. You can tell speeds with a stopwatch. It’s pretty common.
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u/Mossified4 Oct 11 '24
Not this one, and thats not what/how police measure speed for the purpose of giving tickets. This stop watch does not measure speed, that refers to distance. either OP overlayed the picture of the timer or the entire thing is fake. Either way 144km is 88mph meaning that it being in km is irrelevant at 88mph in a 65 is still a reckless driving ticket and car being towed.
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u/panshot23 Oct 11 '24
Read the little white box in the video. It explains that it is used to determine speed. That’s why it has mile and km on the stopwatch.
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u/Mossified4 Oct 11 '24
Look up that model on robics website, it doesn't measure speed it's a stop watch not a radar gun it has no external sensors for measuring speed in fact no stop watch does. The stop watches that measure speed can only measure the speed they themselves are actually moving by gps. That little white box was added by a 3rd party the same third party that likely created this post and is trying to fabricate bs. It's has miles/km's on the screen so that you can indicate that's what you were running on the time displayed you can also set a lap timer.
The event may be true but the pic of the stop watch and the white table are completely unrelated, and again even if they were 144km is 88mph in a 65mph zone which is still a reckless driving ticket and just more reason to support that this entire post is fabricated bs to stir drama where there is none to be stirred.
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u/panshot23 Oct 11 '24
You measure a set distance between two spots on the road and then time cars as they travel that distance. That tells you the cars speed. Its a common feature on watches and stopwatches. Hell, even the seiko I’m wearing now has it. It’s not common for cops to use that method, but that’s how it was done before radar. Car racing does the same thing, actually any type of racing really. I’m not saying the cops in this case used that method, but it is a method.
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u/Mossified4 Oct 11 '24
"not common" isn't relevant as they only use what holds up in court and "paceing" which is what you are describing doesn't hold up in court. I'm familiar with that feature on watches and such but that has no relevance in the application we are discussing. Again the picture of the stop watch and the white box has no relevance to the post description or the post from the police department. It's just a random picture and description but it is being presented as evidence to support the infraction which is dishonest that's been my point the entire time
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u/panshot23 Oct 11 '24
That was your point? That the stopwatch isn’t related to the case? Who knows? It very well might be, or it might not. I’m just saying that a stopwatch can absolutely determine speed so it is relevant to the story. And I’m not a cop so I don’t know what holds up in court, but around here cops can write a ticket with no radar at all, just visual observation. Whether or not that sticks, I have no idea. And unless you’re a cop, lawyer, or judge in this guy’s county, you probably don’t know either.
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u/Mossified4 Oct 11 '24
Being a lawyer or cop isn't relevant, you don't need to be either to understand how these things work just like you don't have to be a dermatologist to recognize poison ivy or a butcher to recognize a steak. Point was this entire thread is dishonest bait, there is plenty to bash cops about but this isn't it as it's simply untrue. It is presented like the guy got a ticket for doing something he supposedly did not do when there is no evidence to support it and op is incredibly lazy to miss that 144kmh equals 88mph which would still carry every infraction the driver was charged with. No one denied speed can be calculated with a stop watch, in fact a stop watch or special feature isn't necessary to pace and find speed literally any clock with a second hand can do that, but that's not admissible in court anywhere in the country of the United States. What was pointed out is that this whole post is nonsense.
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u/Bureaucromancer Oct 10 '24
That's STILL 90.... Can't think of a state that is going to make much legal distinction between 90 in a 65 and 144 in a 65
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u/MrMassshole Oct 10 '24
I mean it’s a huge difference but the guy still deserves a ticket for the correct speed. All those speeding tickets should be removed since now there is real concern if it was calibrated correctly.
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u/elwebbr23 Oct 10 '24
There's a massive difference, are you kidding me? Aside from one being a felony vs a misdemeanor, you can't also charge someone with reckless driving, public endangerment, and all kinds of other shit, for doing 90.
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u/ChillingwitmyGnomies Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 12 '24
You cant think of a state that makes the distinction between 25 miles over the speed limit and 79 miles over the speed limit? over twice the speed limit?
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u/anothertendy Oct 10 '24
When iowa state patrol does 90 on the freeways here. Hypocrites