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Originally Posted by CJFusco
You don't know me, you can't even pretend to know me. I've been on my own since I was 18, paying my way through college out of my own pocket, paying my way through grad school out of my own pocket. When I was 19, I didn't ask dad to fix the ticket, he just did it. I certainly don't expect him to now. Did I not say that I was going to take care of it myself? It seems to me that you are taking a lot of assumptions based on my age; little do you know that I have asked NOTHING of my parents since I moved out of their house when I left for college.
Spoiled brat kid, eh? I am working my ass off for what I have, and believe me, it isn't much. I have never asked my parents for ANYTHING, even though I know they would help me if I needed it.
You can insult me all you want, but do not insult my father. He was a great cop for 25+ years, and was head of the Hartford County SWAT team, along with teaching tactical weapons at West Point and other installations for the Army reserve. I love how you can make assumptions about both me and my father based on a tongue-in-cheek comment after a speeding ticket.
Many people on Pelican have met me and I can assume would vouch that I am neither spoiled nor a brat. If you are prepared to make that presumption based on this thread than you can gladly go F*ck yourself.
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It sounds like we have had roughly similar upbringings. My dad died when I was barely 18, and I went right to work to support my mom (who had actually never worked), my little sister, and my little brother. I did so until I was almost 20, when I left the house to get out from underfoot. My mom was working by then, so it was time to go. I've been on my own and working for everything I have ever had ever since. So what? If some one ever offered me such a favor, I would politely refuse. And think a great deal less of them as a man.
"Great cop", eh? "Great cops" simply do not "fix" things for their friends and family members. I stand by what I said about him. How many tickets did he write over his career for similar infractions? What a ******* hypocrite. "Taking care" of them as he has is utter bull*****; cops that do that are a disgrace to the badge.
So no, maybe you are not a "spoiled brat", but you did accept his offer to fix your last ticket. I don't care if you think "99.9%" of the people out there would take advantage of such an offer. I don't care if you tell yourself that to feel better about accepting the offer. You are wrong. What you did, by way of accepting that offer, was wrong. I'm glad to hear you are taking the high road now. At least it sounds as though you are on an honest path. I commend you on your decision.
That said, however, I will never waver on my position concerning dishonest cops. There is no gray area on this one. He called in a favor to make your ticket go away. Absolutely innexcusable. If he did it for you, I'm sure he did it for others. He belongs in jail with those he did not give a break. Bad cops like him are the scourge of good cops; the scourge of society as a whole. They are no more than egotistical, power tripping ass holes. Busting people they don't know one day; getting those they do know off the hook the next. Cop, judge, and jury all in one. Nothing pisses me off more than his kind.