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Goosegate, Resolved

For those of you eagerly following this story, justice has been rendered.

Now that the legal flap has died down, no word yet if all the parties involved have been invited to talk through their differences over a beer at the White House (though the geese would sure enjoy that lawn).

And the cynic in me can’t help concluding this guy was facing more legal trouble than have drivers who have struck cyclists or pedestrians, for example.

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2 Responses to “Goosegate, Resolved”

  1. Bossi Says:
    August 6th, 2009 at 8:23 am

    I know a number of traffic judges that would have concurred with the officer and made the driver look bad; concurred with the driver and made the officer look bad; or give the driver PBJ and disregard everything entirely. I am quite pleased to see the multiple angles the judge approached the situation with, essentially keeping everyone in a good light. Perhaps the national attention had something to do with it, but if I act on the assumption that this is how the judge normally approaches his work: bravo.

  2. Eileen Says:
    August 7th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    I don’t think this was “justice,” at least based on the info I’ve seen. This man was ticketed for “jaywalking”. Left entirely out of the story is the answer to this question: Where was the nearest designated crossing for pedestrians? If, as I suspect, it wasn’t anywhere near where he was (or designated crossings do not exist at all), and if there were no alternative routes for pedestrians, then a law that punishes pedestrians for exercising their right to walk is an unconstitutional burden on that right. Where’s the Virginia ACLU?

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