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I was going to say the same thing. And I wouldn't doubt the guy had no idea how to control his boat, most people with a boat don't have the slightest clue about what to do and it's scary that almost anyone can buy a boat and take it out without a license. Growing up in a boating family and always being on lake erie and around the islands I have seen some crazy shit and I'd say boating is kind of like owning a motorcycle, some people truly learn and enjoy it and try to stay safe, while the majority do it because it looks fun and they think they look cool doing it and disregard their safety and everyone around them.

I'm still not sure that the officer could be 100% identified from the video since you can't see his face since he has sunglasses on and he has not distinct facial features that the video shows. I wouldn't think their's enough proof to positively ID the officer in the video. But still, I don't see how an officer could get in any trouble from the video since they give warnings to people all the time along with tickets so someone could argue whatever they want to but I doubt the officer would get in trouble, but that's my opinion. This really isn't going anywhere though so I'm going to agree to just disagree and call it a day.

Well of course a defense attorney will try anything to win their case, but I fail to see how the video could in any way hurt the officer, especially when his name isn't revealed. And OT, but I assume you're a lawyer, marshal, or something along those lines?

I've been through the training..And saying Scruit's offense was dangerous is all opinion. Traffic wasn't heavy from what I could tell in the video and he didn't really pose as much of a danger to anyone around him which is likely what an officer would say. But again, it's the officers discretion what to do in every situation and you can argue this reason or that all day long and it probably won't help, maybe a reduced charge by the judge but that's their choice as well. As I said before, you may not like that but that's just how it goes. We could play this "what if" game forever but it won't get anywhere.

I know what defense attorneys do police training involves so yeah.. An officers job isn't to write tickets, it's to keep the public safe (in a nutshell) and it's their discretion if they want to write a ticket, it is not mandatory nor a quota. If and officer feels someone deserves a ticket for whatever reason then that's how it is. A repeat offender is likely going to get a ticket versus someone who has a clean record..Now that doesn't mean you couldn't fight it since you can go to court for pretty much any reason, but it doesn't mean you'll win.

An officer isn't expected to ticket people, just uphold the law and it's their choice what they want to do with a traffic stop. The cop could easily say that Scruit had a clean record, was courteous, and didn't seem to be a threat so he felt that in his situation it would be enough to give him a warning. As for the video, you don't know the officers name so how could you prove who it was if you were to get pulled over? Even if you did know his name and got a ticket, he doesn't really have to explain his actions, every traffic stop is different (such as safety for the officer, what kind of ticket, traffic around you, etc.) so he could say that during that time he felt a ticket was appropriate and there isn't much you could do about it. And if someone pulls the race card in court the judge will have evidence of what happened and likely throw that argument out the window since you have no evidence that he was racist. You may not like it but that's the way it is. And posting the video up can't incriminate either party so who cares?

I would but the 'easy' pace is probably my fast pace, and I usually enjoy a riding at ~6 over on straights and whatever kind of pace I'm feeling durings twisties. And are there anymore people in NEO around Akron thart may wanna ride down?

I'll be in as a maybe, really depends what the schedule looks like as it gets closer with everything going on.

Well everything seems tight and the threads went right in so I'm assuming it should be good and I made sure to not tighten it too much, though I really need to pick up a torque wrench for stuff like this.

Yep' date=' went in smoothly which I was surprised about. Never knew that, thanks.

Not yet but I'm going to take a dremel to it and open it up more than it is now so I don't have to mess with it later on.