my friend of about 8 years got pulled over for the FIRST time yesterday. He was going 150kmh in a 100kmh zone (highway)
the officer only caught him going 130. So okay, whatever
cop ran his license, car is paid, insurance is paid, yada yada yada. he let him off without a ticket. no court date, no mandatory 7day impound, not even a suspension. 'Drive save, Mr. B'
I get it, my city just had a terrorist attack, and there's murders and gun violence, BUT JESUS CHRIST, COP.
and no, my friend wouldn't tell me the officer's name. for obvious reasons.
meanwhile, me, a caucasian female looking wayy too young for my age, would get tickets for not stopping long enough at a damn stop sign.
i quit.
Why would you quit the legal profession over something as petty. Black, white, male, female, cops often leave people off with a warning. (And no, I'm not a cop, never have been, and have no close family relatives that are). To me, it's simple discretion. Much has to do with a person's attitude, I'd guess. Much would also have to do with the situation at the time. You don't have enough information to make an important life decision based on something so insignificant. For all you know, there was a major traffic accident a mile away that the cop needed to respond to. Thus he/she prioritized, warning this friend so that he/she could disengage to get to where he/she was really needed. Or maybe he/she was just being decent to someone who'd been decent and non-combatant with them. We just don't know. Like I said ... discretion, ya just don't know enough background to be angry about someone else's lucky break. Certainly not enough to throw away a career over something as trivial, unless, of course, you weren't interested in the legal profession anyway ... in which case, you're just looking for a way out and have found your door.
I don't mean to sound all uppity ... it just seems odd that anyone would make a major life decision without knowing all the facts and just assuming the system is rotten because your friend wasn't punished to your personal satisfaction.