Another Funny Cop Story
On Friday while walking to work downtown, we saw a motorcycle cop at an intersection on southbound 3rd Ave waiting to turn. He had to wait for the northbound bus to pass, which was running a yellow light. He waited and the bus was still rolling by when the light turned red. The cop was in a hurry since he was turning on a red light, which is probably illegal (who knows?), and so he didn't have time to notice the pedestrian who had started crossing the street during the last seconds when the light was still yellow, as she was obscured by the bus. He almost ran over her, but he swerved and braked and just barely avoided the collision. He looked pissed. Then he started yelling something and turned on his red and blue cop lights. We're pretty sure he ticketed her for jaywalking but we didn't stick around to find out.
Seattlest's nuanced, carefully considered response to this controversy has been posted on YouTube.
