Those charges are total bullshit and demonstrate how americans are living in a police state.
First off I'm going to qualify what I'm going to say by stating that I'm not a Jon Jones fan. I used to be a huge fan of his and then he lost me as I'm a big believer in rewarding people who demonstrate good character and punishing people who have bad. I wasn't phased when haters started going off about Jones being fake - I've long ago recognized that there's too many retards in this world who will hate someone for the most stupid shit (how else can you explain all the GSP hate?) However, he lost me when he started cheating on his wife and family, and finally with the whole fleeing the scene of an accident thing.
That said - he's being set up by this cop here.
He's been cited for:
1. drag racing
2. having a modified exhaust
3. swerving between lanes
4. exhibitionist driving
5. covering license plate regi with decorative cover
First of all, please note that the cop did not cite Jones for speeding. Also note that the cop stated in the video that he "did not say you were speeding". Now, in order to be convicted of New Mexico statute Section 66-8-115: Racing on highways; the law doesn't state that the driver must be speeding...however, a quick google search shows that Broadway Boulevard, where Jones was pulled over, has speed limits up to 30mph and that cops regularly camp out with speed traps to catch drivers on that road.
So, the cop states that Jones was drag racing and "accelerated quickly" in the video, but also made a statement saying that he "did not say you were speeding" nor did he cite Jones for speeding. So...this cop is going to go to court and allege that Jones was drag racing his car at speeds that topped out at...29 mph?!?!?
So, realistically Jones, in the worst case scenario, was "drag racing" from 0-29mph over, maybe, 2 seconds and then necessarily stopped accelerating so that he didn't go over the speed limit?!?! (because you have to know that if Jones was speeding he would have cited him for that too). Give me a fucking break.
And this would necessarily mean that this cop somehow observed Jones "swerving between lanes" and demonstrating "exhibitionist driving"...all while going at 29mph or under. How the fuck does someone even "swerve" a car going at 29mph?!?! How does someone do "exhibitionist driving" at 29mph (unless its going backwards). This all reeks of bullshit. To be convicted of "Reckless Driving" in New Mexico he has to:
"66-8-113. Reckless driving.
A. Any person who drives any vehicle carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others and without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property is guilty of reckless driving."
The cop even said that the alleged opponent slowed down...so who was Jones endangering while travelling at 29mph?!?! Because he isn't going to catch up to someone travelling at 29mph when he was just at a standstill at a stoplight.
Then this cop cites Jones for having a modified muffler. What would motivate the officer to check Jones' muffler? Jones did state that he revved the engine for the fans at the side of the road - obviously when this cop realized that he was barking up the wrong tree (because he obviously pulled Jones over for the sound his car made - not because he observed Jones racing) he started banging Jones for anything he could find, and the first thing he did was check for the muffler because that clearly fooled him. And then he carried on with the nickle and diming by citing Jones for the license plate infraction.
And why would this cop do this? Because every traffic cop in Albuquerque would have a hard on for Jones after getting off the last incident scott free. You had better believe that every cop in that precinct knows who Jon Jones is and knows what car he drives and that as soon as they see his car they will do everything they can to take him down.
And you could tell this cop had it out for him from the start. He would ask Jones a question, and then when Jones started answering him he would cut him off and get abrupt with him. Classic passive aggressiveness and was certainly intended to incite Jones who would have obviously been pissed already.
This is complete and utter bullshit.
First off I'm going to qualify what I'm going to say by stating that I'm not a Jon Jones fan. I used to be a huge fan of his and then he lost me as I'm a big believer in rewarding people who demonstrate good character and punishing people who have bad. I wasn't phased when haters started going off about Jones being fake - I've long ago recognized that there's too many retards in this world who will hate someone for the most stupid shit (how else can you explain all the GSP hate?) However, he lost me when he started cheating on his wife and family, and finally with the whole fleeing the scene of an accident thing.
That said - he's being set up by this cop here.
He's been cited for:
1. drag racing
2. having a modified exhaust
3. swerving between lanes
4. exhibitionist driving
5. covering license plate regi with decorative cover
First of all, please note that the cop did not cite Jones for speeding. Also note that the cop stated in the video that he "did not say you were speeding". Now, in order to be convicted of New Mexico statute Section 66-8-115: Racing on highways; the law doesn't state that the driver must be speeding...however, a quick google search shows that Broadway Boulevard, where Jones was pulled over, has speed limits up to 30mph and that cops regularly camp out with speed traps to catch drivers on that road.
So, the cop states that Jones was drag racing and "accelerated quickly" in the video, but also made a statement saying that he "did not say you were speeding" nor did he cite Jones for speeding. So...this cop is going to go to court and allege that Jones was drag racing his car at speeds that topped out at...29 mph?!?!?
So, realistically Jones, in the worst case scenario, was "drag racing" from 0-29mph over, maybe, 2 seconds and then necessarily stopped accelerating so that he didn't go over the speed limit?!?! (because you have to know that if Jones was speeding he would have cited him for that too). Give me a fucking break.
And this would necessarily mean that this cop somehow observed Jones "swerving between lanes" and demonstrating "exhibitionist driving"...all while going at 29mph or under. How the fuck does someone even "swerve" a car going at 29mph?!?! How does someone do "exhibitionist driving" at 29mph (unless its going backwards). This all reeks of bullshit. To be convicted of "Reckless Driving" in New Mexico he has to:
"66-8-113. Reckless driving.
A. Any person who drives any vehicle carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others and without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property is guilty of reckless driving."
The cop even said that the alleged opponent slowed down...so who was Jones endangering while travelling at 29mph?!?! Because he isn't going to catch up to someone travelling at 29mph when he was just at a standstill at a stoplight.
Then this cop cites Jones for having a modified muffler. What would motivate the officer to check Jones' muffler? Jones did state that he revved the engine for the fans at the side of the road - obviously when this cop realized that he was barking up the wrong tree (because he obviously pulled Jones over for the sound his car made - not because he observed Jones racing) he started banging Jones for anything he could find, and the first thing he did was check for the muffler because that clearly fooled him. And then he carried on with the nickle and diming by citing Jones for the license plate infraction.
And why would this cop do this? Because every traffic cop in Albuquerque would have a hard on for Jones after getting off the last incident scott free. You had better believe that every cop in that precinct knows who Jon Jones is and knows what car he drives and that as soon as they see his car they will do everything they can to take him down.
And you could tell this cop had it out for him from the start. He would ask Jones a question, and then when Jones started answering him he would cut him off and get abrupt with him. Classic passive aggressiveness and was certainly intended to incite Jones who would have obviously been pissed already.
This is complete and utter bullshit.
