[ceejayoz]

> For a moment, Braithwaite didn't know if he was being serious or not.

This is not a good story about cops. This is a good story about a guy, that includes cops as part of its plot.

It's like those "kid sells his toys to fund parents' cancer treatment" stories local news does as a feel-good segment. Great kid! Shitty system!

[x______________]

> For a moment, x______________ didn't know if he was being serious or not.

I'm still inclined to think that an /s is coming up in later replies. A bad story about cops and a banana motorist is that the motorist is dead, incarcerated or has a bounty on his head and is traveling around the world to ..evade.. his notoriety.

Cops on the road, who drive alone in their car, are entitled to a bit of fun.. or as Braithwaite put it, "more whimsy"!

Don't they? Help me understand..

[ceejayoz]

> Cops on the road, who drive alone in their car, are entitled to a bit of fun…

No, cops are not entitled to Fourth Amendment violations as fun. Turn on the radio or something.

I am entitled to fun, too. That doesn't mean I get to pick kicking you in the shin as my fun.

[handoflixue]

It is not whimsical when the other party can legally kill you for non-compliance, no.

[lostlogin]

> entitled

Exactly the right word.