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09-19-2005, 12:25 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MA/RI
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The police were just doing there job. There was no lost, you were still able to fish. It is not like he prevented or halted your fishing. What if he ran someone's plate to find out that it was the car seen to have stolen fishing equipment from cars from Watch Hill to Newport. Now you would be saying, the cops are doing a good job.
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09-19-2005, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,008
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fishermen are allowed but no surfers? Thats messed up..
Surfers pay taxes too.
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09-19-2005, 12:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: SOCO
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The police were just doing there job.
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I disagree with that. He was in a state owned public lot that is not closed to fishing at any time, yet he was questioned and hassled by the cops? Why don't they just sit in the grocery store parking lot and start asking people what they are doing, where they are going, and run their plates? Its an erosion of our rights.
As far as the surfers vs. fisherman, the land was bought by the state fish and wildlife specifically for fishing access,and is maintained as such. The time they were ticketing, red bull was holding a surf contest there (with no permision or permits), with people from all over double parked in the lot and up and down the street. You couldn't even get in the lot. |
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09-19-2005, 01:00 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,415
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argh.. I remember that weekend... great surf and there had been fish there right before...
I think I walked in from the Ocean Mist anyways.. cant remember
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Bryan
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"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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09-19-2005, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: SOCO
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Thank God they dont surf a night!
As far as looking suspicious at 3am parked in a lot with rods on your rack, maybe elsewhere, but at a FISHING access lot, I dont think so.
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09-19-2005, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MA/RI
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The wanted criminal could be assumming the character of a fisherman at 3:00am in order to avoid being noticed that is to say being incognito.
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09-19-2005, 01:46 PM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 3,296
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He could also be assuming the role of you mowing your lawn on a sunday afternoon. Better search your house, just in case....
It is complete BS that the cop did anything. obviously a rookie.
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i bent my wookie
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09-19-2005, 12:53 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,218
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We live in a different time now and EVERYBODY is a suspect. As long as you didn't do anything wrong there shouldn't be a problem running the plate. Just let them do ther job and chill out. Not for nothing but, Fishing rods on a rack or not, anybody sitting in a car in a parking lot at 3 AM looks suspicious. They're just doing their job.
If they don't run the plate and you turn out to be a 10 time DUI offender w/ a revoked license and you take out a school bus 1/2 hour later....then everybody wants to hang this cop out to dry because he could of had you before it ever happened.
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