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Originally Posted by Caine  Personally I find it odd that Driving on a Revoked Driver's License isn't an arrestable offense.
I mean sure, citations can be issued, but I don't understand how an arrest isn't also allowed, sounds kinda stupid to me to revoke someone's driver's license but yet not give law enforcement the proper authority to enforce the law. Apparently a driver's license doesn't really mean anything in Virginia. |
Actually, I believe the article stated that the man was arrested for driving with a
suspended license, not a
revoked one. There is a difference between the two words...
Why is it hard to believe that this sort of traffic violation is (or should be) a manditory arrestable offense? The police here in Arkansas don't automatically arrest people for this sort of offense. It is usually at the cop's discretion, unless there are other problems like outstanding warrants, etc. on the driver. The fact that it is Virginia state law police not to arrest people for driving on a suspended license...should have been all that was needed to stop the police from doing anything else. I don't understand how mere "suspicion" of a crime in progress gives police the right to trump state laws.
Unscrupulous police officers can take advantage of people they pull over for traffice violations. Racial or social profiling can come into play as well...it would be easy to do.
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