Comments by "Goose" (@goose7574) on "WOOD TV8"
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I'm guessing you mean how did the officer know he was "going" 120mph?
(sorry for such a long post, but hopefully this will help)
First off... the officer actually clocked him going 117 & 120 (radars are accurate to a degree of +/-1mph)- there are 2 videos for this pullover, if you haven't seen them, I can try to link them or help you find them. The officer was actually very professional, the entire time. This wasn't one of those stops where the cop was an A-hole, and trying to instigate "stuff."
Okay, back to the stop...
Then, the officer pulled him over, gave him a field sobriety test; because in many situations when people are going this fast, it's because they are under the influence. When this guy didn't do well on a test (Ex: there's a part in the bodycam footage where you can see the guys eyes shaking a bit and not tracking well), the officer gave him another test as a backup to actually help him, because he was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was ONLY nervous. In the end, the officer felt he was okay to drive, so he sent him on his way. Some people forget that this could've been an arrestable offense. However, the officer CHOSE to make sure everything was okay (something that we should actually be thankful for), and sent him on his way. What if the officer just gave him a warning, didn't check to make sure he was okay to drive, and the guy was actually drunk or under the influence and drove away, just to get into an accident and end up either killing somebody or injuring them severely? Might sound crazy to some, but it's happened. And if it did, who do you think would be at fault then? Just the guy? Or the Department as well, for NOT doing their job? Of course, nobody wants to think about that, either.
He claims he was "racially" profiled, but people need to remember that the officer had no clue what color the gentleman was, until he pulled up right behind him at the stop, and was finally able to run his plate. There are 2 videos of this stop, and anybody who pays attention, can see that the officer wouldn't have been able to see the driver (it was too dark out), nor would he have been able to even run his plate, until he was literally pulled up behind him. And even then, he wouldn't have known if the driver was the owner, a friend, family member, etc.
If this officer was actually Racially profiling the guy, he could've arrested him immediately for just going that speed; had his vehicle towed, and NOT given him a chance to prove it was merely a mistake and he just wasn't paying attention to his speed. He was actually on a group phone call with multiple people who were also supposedly dashing at that time. We don't know if maybe all the people chatting & dashing, were having some kind of a contest, to see who could deliver their items the quickest... but of course, NOBODY wants to even consider that as a possibility as well.
Also, just to mention what some have brought up... Yes, there was snow on the sides of the road, but the highway itself was dry. It wasn't until they pulled off the main road, and finally slowed down to a stop on the side road, that there was more snow near the roadway.
Also, the gentleman never denied going that fast (most people know if they are going over 100mph and would be emphatically stating there was NO WAY they were going that fast and that something has to be wrong with the radar, or would mention "ice," if the roads were that bad). Not only that, but this guy talked about having multiple lawyers in his family. It would've been very easy to beat this ticket if he wasn't actually going that fast and the officer either "DIDN'T" have the radar reading or DIDN'T calibrate the radar as stated in the manual. Two ways to get out of a ticket.
Lastly, many people haven't payed attention to the actual video. They think the officer said he didn't have any proof of the radar reading.
What actually happened though, was where the guy asks the officer about a specific radar & camera in one (and also mentions all the lawyers he knows), the officer explains to him that because of the placement of the dashcam itself (it's on the dash and faces the hood, versus being in the cab and showing the officers computer, radar reading, etc), it's not going to also show the radar reading "on the dash camera footage," but will show him fly by.
That doesn't mean that the officer doesn't have proof on the machine, of the actual reading. It merely means that the dash cam footage, doesn't show the radar reading (a lot of people didn't listen to this part well, so if you haven't seen/heard it, I can tell the you video and timestamp, so you can see it for yourself).
Hopefully this helps explain things a bit. Sorry again for such a long response. Having responded to a lot of ppl, about this stop, I tried to include every detail/question that I was asked.
PS: just an FYI, but dash mounted radars are extremely accurate... only +/-1mph. That's EXTREMELY accurate.
So... with that being said, hypothetically, the guy could've been going either 119mph or 121mp for the first reading and 116mph or 118mph, for the second reading. It would make sense that he would get clocked, notice the officer and quickly begin to show down, hence the little drop in speed between the two.
Ciao!
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