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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday August 18 2015, @09:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the next-time-send-it-to-the-chief dept.

According to The Guardian:

The unnamed woman, a resident of Petrer in Alicante, south-east Spain, posted the photo on her Facebook page with the comment "Park where you bloody well please and you won't even be fined".

The police tracked her down within 48 hours and fined her.

Apparently, this is allowed in Spain so that police can "avenge their dishonor".

This is exactly the sort of behavior that leads to public distrust of police.

This story is a new take on online liberties in Spain:

A woman in Spain has been fined €800 (£570) [$886] after she took a picture of a police car parked in a disabled bay. She fell victim to a controversial new gagging law in the the country that prohibits 'the unauthorised use of images of police officers that might jeopardise their or their family's safety or that of protected facilities or police operations.'

Spanish story (more elaborate) here

I'd add a snarky comment here, but everything I came up with is just trolling.
Summing up my feelings: Spanish police: SRSLY, WTF?!


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  • (Score: 2) by iwoloschin on Tuesday August 18 2015, @04:11PM

    by iwoloschin (3863) on Tuesday August 18 2015, @04:11PM (#224459)

    Nope. But why not take advantage of that? My primary goal here is safety of all road users, and in particular me and my fellow cyclists. If I can *politely* request a police officer act in a safer manner you'd better believe I'm going to go out of my way to make that request. Doubly so if I think other cyclists may not feel comfortable talking to the officer.

    For what it's worth, while riding my bike into work this morning I passed the Deputy Chief of my city's police department. He gave me a high five. This might also be a big factor in why I feel quite comfortable talking to police officers, I'm more afraid of not knowing a secret fist bump than of getting shot. Maybe more high ranking police officers need to give high fives?

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