I'm really surprised anyone would side with the cop on this one. Traffic wasn't stopped or heavy enough to criticize his lane riding IMO. I've seen FAR worse. But the one thing NO ONE even mentioned was the fact that he was doing maybe 20mph when he hit the brakes and got rear ended. It was a pretty soft hit at that. Traffic was crawling in front and on the sides. You have to pretty much be looking at your iPhone or the girl in the other lane to not be able to stop in time. For the cop to react the way he did is ridiculous under any circumstance. He was trying to use scare tactics to get out of a potential incident. Not talking about being sued, but losing his job. I would have gone ape **** on that cop, especially knowing I had it all on tape. Cops get away with too much at times and punish for little to nothing at all often. It sucks because I know some great guys out there that are cops who will get a bad rep for the crap others pull on a regular basis.
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