CSUSgirl: Here is part of your post: "Want to keep judging me because there is not much left for you to assassin in my character. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and TPD should have had the common sense to recognize that, it's their job.

My point is that when I past the first sobriety test the officers should have moved on to someone actually doing something wrong at 1am."

Just thought I would judge a little more because I have a BIG PROBLEM with anyone who drinks and drives, grow up! If you drink, drink at home and stay home....But for someone with a MBA and BA you should know that you actually "passed" your first sobriety test, not "past"! Great education huh?

anonymous,

Nice poem, let's pick up the trash and move on.

csusgirl,

You only got lucky.

newtotracy,

Welcome to Tracy.

0.04 is buzzed driving...it may be legal but you are still technically impaired. I'm sure that the officers re-tested you because you actually blew a number that showed you'd been drinking.

You comment that "Most cops don't get into criminal justice because they want to save the world, most of them are power trippers on a very long ego trip. I know because I have a MBA and a B.A. in Criminal Justice. I have seen my fair share of officers in training."...do you think this may give you a preconceived notion of how you are being treated? I'm not judging, just speculating on how I myself might act in that situation. If I felt, as you state, that most cops were power trippers...I might be less willing to be patient while the officers did their job.

If I were in your shoes, heck ya, I'd be ticked through and through. But you also had a beer and got in the car. 0.08 maybe the BAC that gets you a ticket, but 0.01 means you have alcohol impairing your judgement.

I blew a .04...that's one beer for the really intelligent people out there. THAT IS LEGAL. I could have had cough medicine and blew a higher BAC.

I bought the car 5 years ago brand new with no front plate and this was the first time I have been told it was a violation. I had a better chance of getting a ticket for "jaywalking" if you want to be serious about this.

I didn't have a smart mouth and I was incredibly cooperative with the police. As a matter of fact one of the officers thanked me for being so cooperative.

In regard to my age let me say that both officers were significantly younger than I am and I'm old enough to know when I cross the path of a rookie officer trying to get his rocks off. Most cops don't get into criminal justice because they want to save the world, most of them are power trippers on a very long ego trip. I know because I have a MBA and a B.A. in Criminal Justice. I have seen my fair share of officers in training.

Want to keep judging me because there is not much left for you to assassin in my character. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and TPD should have had the common sense to recognize that, it's their job.

My point is that when I past the first sobriety test the officers should have moved on to someone actually doing something wrong at 1am. I RARELY go out and on this night it was a birthday party for a friend. So, yes people can be out late with friends without doing anything wrong. Unless you are have no friends or personality, you understand the innocence of what I did. It's called socializing.

My fix it ticket will cost me about $40. I'll have it signed off and be on my merry way. It'll be another waste of time for all of us because my lack of a front license is NOT a threat to our community. If the officers that night were effective and competent then they would have let me go in a timely manner and found a real DUI case ( approximately $9,000). For all of you rocket scientists out there that would have brought in a lot more revenue for the city.

You may not care about where our tax dollars go, but I do. If we have to be in this horrible economy then produce some real revenue from real criminals.

This is my humble opinion and more than likely not endorsed by anyone :) I don't expect anyone to care about my opinion, I'm just voicing it.

maybenotdumBcommenT : you won't get any apology from me.. If you were talking trash, then you would be offended. If you were not talking trash, racial trash with no hidden undertones, then you had no need to respond. If the shoe fit you, then you wear it.. If it didn't, there was no need for you to buy into it.. I spoke to the trash that talked trash, why would anyone else respond.. Get over yourself thinking you would get an apology, especially if you're part of the trash here. I made it very clear who I was addressing and stand behind every word... If you couldn't read it then, hear it now, I'm speaking to those who would use racial tones to express their anger, frustration and fear over tragedies.. Are you part of what should be thrown out? If not, keep it moving and seek sympathy from someone else. Do you have nice things to say about trash? Consider that before you speak to me about the harshness of my comments. The ugliness of the posts by the trash merited it!!

tracymomofone

I understand what you are saying but not to whom it is directed to. Never the less we all have first amendment rights, as you do. I am one for getting down on someone but I tell the person directly. This is very much a political statement because council wants to take some of our police away from us. We need them. We also need the fire fighters.

Almost every sentence you have nothing nice th say yourself. I hope you understand what I am saying and take it as constructive criticism.

You also wrote this:

"If you can't offer an opinion without insult, then keep it to yourself"

Your post is the most offensive on here. But we can't be? No we are not the scum, we may noe all be perfect, but scum, very insulting, come one.

And again you say:

"you're teaching them to your children and they'll grow up with the same ignorance many of you display on whatever article is written here on the Tracy Press."

An apology would be nice.

csusgirl

No one goes to a bar until 1 am and has one beer unless your lying or the DD. (Then, if you are the DD you shouldnt have any.) EVERYONE knows that it is illegal not to have a front license plate.

It's so sad to read most of the posts on any of the articles written by the Tracy Press. Here we can insult, take jabs at innocent parents who are not 100% responsible for bad turns their children take, and insult the highest office in this country on an article that has nothing to do with politics.. Many of the comments here represent the mindset of some of Tracy's finest. It's terrible to read that people would rather address one another with racist remarks and slam an entire race of people because what they really feel is out of control over what's happening around them daily. We're a sad community and many of us don't even realize it. We're racist still, insensitive to others plights, uninformed on most subject matters, except those of the ones writing and posting articles here yet we want the scum to stay out of Tracy. We are the scum.. Get your news.. Many of your comments are trash, but you still hide here and make nasty comments that you would never make publically. If you can't offer an opinion without insult, then keep it to yourself, because chances are since you're posting them here, you're teaching them to your children and they'll grow up with the same ignorance many of you display on whatever article is written here on the Tracy Press.

Yes, as a matter fact I do know it is illegal not to have a front license plate. This stopping people coming out of bars isn't happening just in Tracy. I hear Livermore is doing it left an right. The cops salary is already predicted. You pay a fine and an outrages amount for a license plate it starts to go toward the plus side when lots of cars are stopped. They are going after the easiest targets. The cops always do it in twos. You must be young. Don't know much about the world and the way it works.

It is a 50 50 chance you could have gotten a dui. They run ya around 9 thousand bucks these days. The city needs the money. I am betting the cops are stopping more people then they usually do. If you really think it was false pretenses then you should sue them. You walk out of a bar it is fairly reasonable for the cops to assume you went over your limit drinking alcohol. A majority does, do you agree? It is so easy to go over the limit. if you blew a 0.09 you go to jail.

I never said you did anything illegal. And I already explained why the cops can assume you may have been over the limit so that leaves your insult about a girl being raped. I will now assume why it took the cops 45 minutes to give you a sobriety test. You have a smart mouth. Were you cooperative with them? If you weren't doing anything wrong then be glad a cop stopped you. He may stop a really drunk person some day and save someones life. You weren't being picked on. The cops were not harassing you. They are doing their job with my tax dollars. When you got a license you had to know some of the laws but you can't possibly know them all, that is why you didn't have your front plate and I do.

I had no front license plate. Did you know that was illegal?? It's a $10 ticket, I'm not mad about that. I'm mad that the cops held me for 45 mins trying to get me on a DUI under false pretenses. You want your tax dollars going to that? I don't

I'm sure you are the type of person that blames a woman for being raped when she wears a short skirt. Who cares if I came out of a bar? It doesn't mean I was drinking all night. I was there for a friends birthday and I had 1 beer. That's no illegal. So, I'm not going to try and reason with you.

I'm just saying that when 2 cops are harassing an innocent person while relevant crimes are occurring, they should reconsider their priorities and my tax dollars.

csusgirl-How do we know you that just got lucky. So what if you got a fix it ticket. And the cops cannot predict where a crime will take place. Gawd, take responsibility if you had a light out or something. What, did you walk out of a bar or a place that serves alcohol? Even if you didn't, driving around Tracy around 1a.m. is late. Everyone always gets perturbed when they get a ticket.

A 28 and two 24 year olds. They did this crime, allegedly. The parents were nowhere around them at the time of the shooting. I can assume this because they were not arrested. A 24 and 28 year old are adults. These men were arrested not their parents.

Normally, parents would stand by their adult children no matter what the crime. I'm not saying they would condone it, just be there for the support of their son. This is normal, even if the parents are angry at them and they know they did something wrong.

So those of you that keep blaming the parents will see it differently if you have small children. They will do things that you will shake your head over. Not murder but just wait and see. And you nor I would never expect your own child would become a murderer.

I was pulled over on Friday night right before 1am on a "fix it" violation. Two officers kept me on Tracy Blvd doing DUI tests and when they were unable to "get me" after 45 mins of humiliating tests, they still sent me away with my "fix it" ticket. It makes me sick that while I was being humiliated on the side of the road, these cops could have actually been doing their job. They should have been at Amore's or some other place where people are actually drunk and causing trouble. This makes me sick....

It's really sad to see this community go down hill. I used to feel good about the kid/s walking home from school or hanging out at the mall. Now both of those options sound like really bad ideas.

The way things are heading now, Tracy will be just another high crime area that isn't safe for your children, family, personnel property etc..

I guess with Modesto and Stockton so close, it was only a matter of time before it spilled into our town.

Long time resident,

Vetdude

thanks to the parents of these and other dirtbag gangbangers for defecating their feces (kids) who turned out this way

Great post TracyCitizen!

That is a must troubled teens. I hope Tracy is finally willing to admit we have a gang problem.

PARENTS OF TROUBLED TEEN BOYS:

DVI (Duel Voc Institute)has a wonderful program for at risk boys between the ages of 12-16. Actual prisoners spend 2 days talking with the boys about their bad behaviors, whatever they may be. Parents also attend. 4 yrs ago I took my son when he was 16 and to this day he talks about his experience. It was an eye opener for all who attended. If you have tried other means to help your child and nothing has worked, please find out about this program, you will not be disappointed.

CN or Amy, whatever you go by-Did you move back to Tracy from Oregon? I don't want to go round and round about it if you didn't but you know the score. If it is you I take what you say with a grain of salt.

It's not the parents fault, are you kidding me? Kids join gangs because they are obviously missing something at home. (Love, discipline, or whatever it may be. These parents need to take some responsibility for their non actions. We're talking these guys are in their late 20's? come on, they probably still live with their parents, who turn a blind eye instead of turning them in.