Be careful if you are a Canadian in the US!
Woman arrested with legal Canadian license!
Forum Discussion
I think the OP and others are being unfair to Law Enforcement and the State of Georgia. As a Georgia resident who works with Law Enforcement, I can help clear up a few things.
The arresting officer had every right, indeed a duty to arrest the young lady.
1. She was doing over 85. Georgia and many other states east of the Mississippi have super speeder laws. Go over 85 mph, automatic trip to jail. Automatic car towed. So we could could stop here. The arrest was justified. Period. End of story. I can name at least 5 other states that have the same or stricter law.
2. She was here illegally if she does not have a passport or Visa. The arresting officer had no obligation to take electronic forms. She has a duty to have her passport. Period. She already committed one crime. The officer had a duty to hold her for ICE. That is THE law, no matter how you feel about it.
3. The arresting officer applied the law fairly. If it had been an Hispanic male stopped for doing 87 mph with no passport and arrested, nothing would have been said. Since it was a pretty white girl, all the white Knights come out.
4. Her story does not add up. I don't expect everyone to know that Cook Co. is approx 400 miles south of the University of Tenn. But surely everyone is not so geographically challenged to know there is no need to go to Georgia to get from Canada to Tennessee. Her story is suspect and warranted further investigation. The Officer had a right to hold her to check the story out.
5. If she had car titled and registered in Tennessee, she declared she was resident of that state, she should have had a Tennessee License. The arresting officer more than likely would have thought she was not showing her Tennessee License because she had a warrant or suspended license from that State. Again, another reason to hold her.
6. Speed traps. LOL! she was doing 87mph and 17 mph over. There is no Jurisdiction in the USA where you could do 17 mph over, and not get stopped. Georgia is the only state I know where all police cars used in traffic enforcement have to be marked. This to prevent speed traps. No county or City can write a ticket for less than 15 mph over, if they receive more than 50% of their budget from traffic fines. Again, to prevent speed traps.
The arresting officer had every right, indeed a duty to arrest the young lady.
1. She was doing over 85. Georgia and many other states east of the Mississippi have super speeder laws. Go over 85 mph, automatic trip to jail. Automatic car towed. So we could could stop here. The arrest was justified. Period. End of story. I can name at least 5 other states that have the same or stricter law.
2. She was here illegally if she does not have a passport or Visa. The arresting officer had no obligation to take electronic forms. She has a duty to have her passport. Period. She already committed one crime. The officer had a duty to hold her for ICE. That is THE law, no matter how you feel about it.
3. The arresting officer applied the law fairly. If it had been an Hispanic male stopped for doing 87 mph with no passport and arrested, nothing would have been said. Since it was a pretty white girl, all the white Knights come out.
4. Her story does not add up. I don't expect everyone to know that Cook Co. is approx 400 miles south of the University of Tenn. But surely everyone is not so geographically challenged to know there is no need to go to Georgia to get from Canada to Tennessee. Her story is suspect and warranted further investigation. The Officer had a right to hold her to check the story out.
5. If she had car titled and registered in Tennessee, she declared she was resident of that state, she should have had a Tennessee License. The arresting officer more than likely would have thought she was not showing her Tennessee License because she had a warrant or suspended license from that State. Again, another reason to hold her.
6. Speed traps. LOL! she was doing 87mph and 17 mph over. There is no Jurisdiction in the USA where you could do 17 mph over, and not get stopped. Georgia is the only state I know where all police cars used in traffic enforcement have to be marked. This to prevent speed traps. No county or City can write a ticket for less than 15 mph over, if they receive more than 50% of their budget from traffic fines. Again, to prevent speed traps.
