Drivers Ticketed For Honking Horn At Picket Line

[The Northerner]

MARYSVILLE, Calif. (CBS13) — A police chief says officers shouldn’t have ticketed three drivers who honked their horns in support of a union demonstration in front of a Marysville business last week.

Union organizer Sammy Trujillo from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades recorded video of a Marysville police cruiser immediately pursuing a driver who honked his horn twice in front of a picket line at a glass company.

The video doesn’t show what happened after the traffic stop, but the Marysville Police Department said they handed three drivers a $233 ticket for the improper use of the horn. The state vehicle code says drivers should only use their horns to give audible warnings

Union representatives said someone inside the glass company called police to complain about the honking, and an officer set up his patrol car on company property to wait for offenders.

Read more: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/08/11/drivers-ticketed-for-honking-horn-at-picket-line/

[DCKit]

1. Fascist cops, Democratic chief. Go figure. nt

[villager]

2. More evidence of who, exactly, the cops are working for. And it ain't us.

n/t

[ejpoeta]

3. improper use of a horn? i was not aware there was a law against blowing your horn.

so saying hi as you pass by a friend's house? or no supporting anyone?? that is bs.

[Tesha]

4. There actually are laws against improper horn use almost everywhere, ...

...but as you can see, they are rather selectively enforced.

These citations will all be voided.

Tesha

[blueamy66]

5. What a bunch of crap.

And people wonder why cops are held in contempt.

Unbelievable.

[socialindependocrat]

6. TROW DA BUM OUT!!! n/t