Re: Are police bound by the laws they enforce ?

Posted by Indydirtfarmer on October 02, 2003 at 03:04:39 from (66.83.236.250):

In Reply to: Are police bound by the laws they enforce ? posted by will marcum on October 01, 2003 at 06:52:07:

I just thought that you might want to know what you MIGHT run up against.
On August 1st, I was on my way from one of our farms, to another. I was following my "hired hand", who was in the grain truck. We stopped at a traffic light. The light turned green, and Brent started pulling away. I had just lifted my foot off of the brake, and hadn't even stepped on the gas yet, and BANG! Someone ran into the back of my pick-up.
I set in the truck for a minute, to get my "composure". When I got out, the "other" driver was still in his truck. He had this "WAY FAR OFF" look. When he got out of "his" truck, he wanted to know why I was setting in the road, blocking his way. When I explained it was becouse he had run into me, he said he didn't even know that he had hit me. He was going about 30 MPH. Much damage.
He kept trying to get back in his truck, like he was planning on leaving. I got on the cell phone, and called 911. When the State police, the county police, and the Local" police got there, I could see them kind of smiling, and shaking their heads at each other. At first, I didn't know what to make of it.
One of the cops asked him if he was drinking. He said no. It was obvious this guy was "wasted".
After a few minutes, he admitted that he was on "prescription pain pills". He produced a pill bottle, that was for three weeks worth of pain pills, for a back problem. He had picked them up earlier that day. They were all gone. All three weeks worth.
Well, the State, and county police left. The "locals" were going to handle it. When the cop writing the report asked the guy his name, he didn't even know it. He tried to spell his last name. He said it was "E-I-E-I-O. WASTED.
The police took my info. My truck was "drivable", but just barely. I went on back home, and got another truck. I went on about my daily routine.
Four days later, I went to get the police report. I found out that the guy was driving a nieghbors truck, with his permission. The driver had no liscence. He hadn't had one for 20 years. The report listed an insurance company, that turned out to be "made up". It wasn't insured. The report also made mention of the fact that BOTH drivers weren't "impared" in any way. I found out later that the police took the guy home, filed NO charges, and called the owner of the truck, and let him pick up his truck. No questions asked.
My insurance repaired my truck. They are filing papers with the state of Indiana, to demand an investigation.
It turns out that the driver that hit me, is the nephew of the mayor, of the small town where the wreck was at. Since the wreck, and the "follow-up" investigation, I have been pulled over SIX different times, to check registration, have the truck wieghed, and just to be hassled.
I will undergo harrasment for years, just becouse I was UNLUCKY enough to be the one this drugged out "CRIMINAL" decided to run into.
If the state does anything to the policeman, or the department, or even the driver that hit me, it'll just get worse.
You may be better off to "let it go" I would have been!

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