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Friday, July 6, 2007
PhD not required to understand ‘police’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Everyone else is writing about Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, respected historian from Tufts University. Seems he didn’t know that Kevin Leonpacher, Atlanta Police officer, was a police officer although he was wearing a UNIFORM that said POLICE on it. He said he didn’t know Leonpacher was an officer and, furthermore, jaywalking is not illegal in Britain.
Let’s just say that Felipe didn’t know that Leonpacher was a cop because he didn’t see the badge and the patches that read “ATLANTA POLICE” along with the whole uniform thing and a traffic vest that said “POLICE.”
Have you been downtown around the World Congress Center during conventions? Goobers from all over the place are in town and their minds are on everything from sales calls to the Cheetah, all the while walking in and out of traffic. I’m surprised that more aren’t run over. Aside from the fact that it’s dangerous, jaywalking, especially in heavy traffic (and we’re known to have that) makes the slow traffic even slower.
All of this could have been easily avoided if the professor would just listen to the officer. He was an officer and furthermore I tell you!!—he was easily identifiable as a police officer. The professor just didn’t like being told what to do that day and found out that when the officer tells you not to jaywalk, you might want to listen up.
The professor called the internal investigation incompetent and declared: “My goodwill is not inexhaustible. I’m not going to let this go.”
Give me a break. The professor would be smart to let it fade out. The internal investigation took 101 pages! That’s five trees. Environmentalist should be outraged!
This isn’t Mayberry RFD. The downtown cops have great patience with the convention goobers and to a great extent they go out of their way. Here’s a hint. Stay out of the damn street. Use the crosswalks, and don’t ignore the cop when he tells you not to jaywalk. Life can be simple if you just think for a minute.
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