Someone Else Fights the Law
I just posted an article about how I fought the law… well, the Ohio Administrative Code regarding open burning. It appears someone else has taken matters into their own hands when it comes to dealing with the law:
Yes, it appears that in Miami Township, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati) someone has taken it upon themselves to let the public know just how they feel about their police force… while doing so anonymously. I wish I knew why this person did this… there simply HAS to be a good story behind this. Was it a parking ticket? A speeding ticket? Or some other traffic citation?! Imagine the puzzled look on the officer’s face when the speeder grins and gladly accepts the $85 speeding ticket. The article on the Cincinnati Enquirer website said the police narrowed down the time of the incident to “between 8pm August 27th and 7am August 28th.” (Adobe .pdf version of the article). Wow. I’m going out on a limb here to say it will be hard for them to pin down a suspect on this one. I mean, even if they have a short list of people to choose from (the article states someone must’ve had a key to the backhoe and knew how to operate it), you are still facing a group of alibias where most of them consist of this:
Detective: “Sir/mam, where were you between 8pm and 7am on August 27/28th?”
Suspect: “I watched the 10:00 news and then I went to bed; woke up at my usual 5/6/7/8 or whenever”….
The point is… deep down someone is snickering and feeling vindicated. I can’t condone this kind of behavior, but I have to be impressed with the creativity and great length that someone went through to pull this off. It may seem juvenile, but what it really did was embarrass the local authorities. If you lived in Miami Township, or if you DO live in Miami Twp, how much does this make you believe in your police force?!
This should just be a reminder to people that we live in a society in which some people are not all there in the head. I can’t imagine a sane, rational person thinking this is a wise thing to do. Were there drugs involved? Was the person who did this high as a kite? We may never know. But next time someone cuts you off in traffic or lets their dog pee on your lawn, just remember they could be taking some kind of anti-depressant or on some type of illegal drug. It’s best not to instigate or fuel a volatile situation in this day and age in which we live. Ok, I will get off my soapbox, but let’s try to be respectful of one another and of course respectful of the law and those who are in power and risk their lives to enforce it.
As always I welcome your comments and feedback…