Gloriously boring WordPress, too.

Oh don't worry, if history is any indication it shouldn't be much longer than 30-40 years from now. Basically 2 generations from the previous shift.

In the meantime, be the change you want to see! You don't have to be darker&grittier yourself just because the media ecosystem has decided that's where the current fashion is.

In one of the vaguely-parallel timelines, a defendant is being asked by a judge why they didn't pull over and responds with: "I thought they were going to try to give me an ice cream cone, and I'm lactose intolerant so I didn't stop."

Finally! A nice story about cops pulling over a 23-foot banana motor vehicle for years without any consequence other than spreading joy to the people involved and years of fame!

No? You could also pull the public tax dollars spent card, or other crimes not being pursued while you're at it but it won't help sour the mood!

> the world is better if everyone can have a bit of fun, even police

Police have plenty of ways to have fun that aren't Fourth Amendment violations.

If you wanna give out free ice cream cones, station a cruiser with a sign saying so. People can come to you just fine, without the "what the fuck, why am I getting pulled over?!" worries. The banana guy at least has an inkling of why there are flashing police lights in his rearview, but that doesn't make it OK.

No, they can't have fun this way.

If you mop floors and you have fun by twirling your broom and humming a tune, you're not affecting anyone.

If we give you a gun and the right to shoot people in the head and go home to sleep in your own bed, then we can ask you to lock in a little more than that and not pull over people because it's funny.

The cops should know that trick by now - the "distraction car" is literally the plot of "Smokey and the Bandit" from 50 years ago. Nevertheless, you may be right :-)

Wow you waited from 2012 to crack this joke with that username

This. I’ve ridden a bike year round in southwestern Ontario.

In general, I’m fairly waterproof.

-30C was pretty cold, especially moving, but rare enough I could dress for it and keep my body parts.

Snowstorms are always fun. Free physics lessons included. How much traction can you get? Whoops, I’m laying on the ground.

Thunderstorms and hail you might want to avoid.

My answer is to fire their lardasses for due cause and make them unhirable across the nation.

But this country's courts said this shit is cool. And so is highway robbery by pig. And they don't need to come for help if you call 911.

Oh and qualified immunity means they can what the fuck ever they want.

If RICO act was serious, they'd shut down all pig stys (police stations).

Well done, sir. clap

It could never be against the police officer themselves due to qualified immunity. They are free to break the law however they wish. And that completely lack of accountability creates the risk inherent in every (US) police interaction.

> rogue banana drivers are not the ones most likely to be killed in a traffic stop

...until the bananas go brown, of course.

"Violating his civil rights" is harm.