An Ohio man is fighting a littering charge that he says he got after the dollar he tried to give a disabled person at a Cleveland intersection fell to the ground, WJW-TV reports.
John Davis says he was cited for littering, which carries a $344 fine, rather than for giving money to a panhandler, which carries a much smaller penalty.
Davis, who pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in a Cleveland court, tells WJW that he was pulled over by a police officer after handing the money to the panhandler, who was in a wheelchair and holding a religious sign.
douchebag
Helping the poor is an activity regulated by the government, as they do not want the people dependent on anyone other than the government, so they can then vote for the people in charge of the government.
This ticket is merely the consequence of thinking rich=criminal.
How Much Does A Panhandler Really Make?
First let me explain how much money a panhandler can expect to make. When I was panhandling I could expect to make between $15 to $30/hr. The average was closer to $15 than $30. Some days I had really good days. Some days I panhandled all day and barely made $60. Other days I made $10 in 2 hrs before I was chased off by the police.
When you are panhandling you can’t expect to make a certain amount of money. You will get disappointed. You can’t expect people to give you money because once you do you get letdown. When the average person goes to work they pretty much know how much money they are going to make by the end of the day. With panhandling this is impossible to figure.
Cops don’t have much to do in Ohio.
Do you want to know why this is “illegal”?
Answer: The IRS isn’t getting their cut.
And in case you didn’t realize it, the government is our really our pimp! We are all just a bunch of prostitutes who have to pay the pimp his cut. The IRS and any law enforcement are merely the muscle behind the pimp who beat your ass when you don’t come up with the money or try and screw with him. So when we give money to each other it’s like one prostitute giving money to another prostitute and where the pimp is cut out! Therefore, you better not get caught.
If you think like a douchebag (or a lawyer) then the government makes perfect sense.
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Two weeks later, the charges were dropped, the prosecutor saying he didn’t think currency was trash.
I don’t entirely blame this officer — cities have been fighting the blight that comes with too many beggars, and there are safety issues with begging by a roadside, especially on or near freeways. The officers on the street are under pressure to minimize this as much as possible. Either he or his supervisor or maybe even someone in the prosecutor’s office probably thought this was a clever way to do it. Unfortunately for them (fortunately for the man ticketed), this particular instance made the news, with just the right ingredients to go viral, so they had to admit it was a step too far and back off.
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link from that story to the original TV station news article
http://fox8.com/2012/05/22/man-ticketed-for-dropping-money-on-the-ground/
link from _that_ story to the “ticket dropped” story
http://fox8.com/2012/05/31/good-samaritans-ticket-fight-continues/
Fuck the cops and Fuck the prosecutor and Fuck the judge
That pretty much covers it.
hey, you left me out.
cops just do whatever politicans want
I think a Jury can differentiate between a dollar bill and litter – the cop should be reprimanded !!!