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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 4:59 pm
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Originally Posted by kokonutz
...Take some remedial action/punishment or I will give you a ticket? Well outside the scope of the LEO's authority or right. That's actually called coercion. And under the guise of the authority of a badge it's real crap....
Do you think there is any legal support for the idea that a cop's demand that someone take some remedial action to correct an infraction is "well outside the LEO's authority or right?" And it's coercion? That might be the law in the land of kokonutz, but it's not in this country.
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