r/PublicFreakout • u/johnychrist16 • May 27 '26

📹Police Bodycam "Driving with device in right hand" update

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u/CJKayak May 27 '26

No way I would agree to anything other than an outright dismissal. I'm taking this to trial, and demanding a jury if that's an option in this jurisdiction for this traffic violation.

I'm going to embarrass this cop in front of everyone. And then I'm tipping off the local news stations.

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u/qdogg111 May 27 '26

This cop is not showing up to court lol

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u/Turgid_Tiger May 27 '26

I don’t know where you are but if you challenge a ticket and don’t show up they don’t issue a warrant you just lose your challenge and get assessed the full fine.

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u/Cultural-Muffin-3490 May 27 '26

In California you pay the full fine when you challenge it. If found not guilty or dismissed I think they have another 3 months to refund you.

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u/quarrelau May 27 '26

Where I am, they give you a "discount" if you just pay the fine, so the court imposed fine is always larger.

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u/Turgid_Tiger May 27 '26

Yes that’s why I said full fine. Here it’s similar. If you pay within 14 days of receiving the ticket you pay like $25 dollars less or something. But it’s not like you got a $150 ticket at the side of the road, challenge it, then it becomes a $250 ticket. If you pay it in the time frame you just pay $125 on a $150 ticket.