Chris Rock says, if you want to avoid trouble with the police, obey the law!
James Robert Reade is a self-described critic of Anaheim Deputy Chief of Police Craig Hunter. Today one of our fellow bloggers posted a story about how poor Reade has been much-abused by the Anaheim cops.
So I decided to have a look at the Orange County Superior Court database and sure enough I found four violations credited to a guy by the same name.
- 5/4/04 – Failure to obey a traffic control sign in Brea
- 10/30/04 – Did not stop at a red light or stop sign and then forfeited bail, this time in Orange
- 8/8/05 – Driving at an unsafe speed, this time in Santa Ana
- 7/9/08 – Driving at an unsafe speed, this time in Anaheim
Isn’t it funny how some of these police “critics” have incredibly long police records? In this case Reade, or a guy with his same exact name, has been in trouble literally all over central Orange County. Yet Hunter’s critics say the problem isn’t Reade, it’s Hunter. Sure it is…
Memo to Mr. Reade – try obeying the law!
Wow that’s horrible. Speeding?
Travis,
My friend I teach defensive driving. From my experience I can tell you that every one of those infractions can lead to traffic accidents and deaths.
So yes, quite horrible indeed. It shows a callous disregard for the public.
And you are using this guy to build a case against Hunter? Why he is about as credible as your other “witness,” the hit and run RINO Steve Nolan…
“incredibly long police records . . . ”
Really? This is your definition of an “incredibly long police record”? Do the polemics ever end on this site? There seems to be less and less writing here aimed at rational, nonpartisan “middle of the road” people. This is a perfect example. Four traffic infractions in a little less than five years might make this guy a bad driver, but it hardly qualifies him as someone with an “incredibly long police record”; nor does it disqualify him from exercising his god-given right to free speech. Instead of rebutting whatever points he is making (and I don’t know what these are), you trot out a poor driving record as “proof” of his supposed criminality and to suggest that such a record somehow disqualifies him from being a critic of policing agencies.
Ww,
Why can’t you Huntistas find credible guys to complain about Hunter?
It doesn’t help your case when every whiner you dredge up has a record.
Here is the question to ponder – how many times did this guy break the law and not get caught?
Sorry, I can’t take this dude seriously.
And voters are not going to vote for a PI for Sheriff. Hunt is toast. Every vote for him is a vote for Hutchens!
Art, I doubt ww is a “Huntista.” This is getting too facile on your part – people who came on legitimately bitching about the cost and divisiveness of the Mission Viejo recall you labelled “McLeanites”, and now this liberal ww who quibbles with certain “polemics” he sees here (deployed for whomever) is automatically a “Huntista”? Stop it.
PS I’m no Huntista, that’s for sure!
Art. If a jury of 12 people nail Anaheim for over 300K because of Hunter I would consider them “credible guys”
Vern,
I stand corrected. I had no idea ww is a liberal. Hard to discern. That said, who cares? He or she must be a Hutchens supporter, and that might be worse than being a Huntista.
As for the MacLean recall, there is no doubt that our blog made the difference in such a close election. And your liberal pal Dan Avery turned out to be a racist homophobe. Nice!
I took two hours of my time to meet with Hunter. Travis, the FFFF blogger who keeps ripping Hunter, has refused to meet with Hunter. Derive from that what you will.
I know vehicle accident statistics. People who speed and run red lights end up killing others. That is why I do not find this latest whiner about Hunter to be credible. His actions show complete disregard for the public good.
Can the Huntistas field anyone credible in their dimwitted campaign against Hunter? Doesn’t look like it.
who cares, whoever put that you tube clip up was classic. That sh*t was classic!
Just a clarification for the record and the author….. The last cite ever received was for unsafe lane change over 10 tears ago. Prior to that I was a productive and decorated police officer and investigator. Apparently accuracy on this blog site is not a possibility…….
Steve,
Drinking again Steve? You are commenting on the wrong post. This post had to do with another discredited critic of Deputy Chief Hunter – a man who STILL is a decorated police officer.
Your story was related in a different post. And we provided links to media stories and court records corroborating the fact that you were involved in a hit and run incident.
Any reason why the media and the courts would have made all that up?
My mistake Art….. We do not know each other but there is probably a reason you were not elected to the Santa Ana City Council and you are demonstrating it. I sacraficed a career to do the right thing and stand up for latino youth that were assaulted under the color of authority by Craig Hunter and John Kelley. To support Craig Hunter is a slap in the face of justice and the Hispanic comunity. Craig Hunter is a felon that did not get caught and is a representation of everything wrong in law enforcement. You can point to stats in Anaheim but at what cost? There is a right way and a wrong way to enforce the law and we all will be judged in the end. I can look myself in the mirror every day and know that I did it right. CRAIG HUNTER will be judged some day and and held accountable for the pain he caused the hispanic youth of Anaheim. The truth always prevails Art….. Before you ask for the trust of the public, back off blog sites and learn the real world.
You forgot to include the boleto I got in Mexico City in 1997 on my way to Tehuacan, Puebla! After making a complete stop I turned right on a red light but the nice Mexican policeman just charged me $7 cash before he speedily escorted me through a half a dozen red lights to help me get back on the via ducta!
A closer look at the record proves that on one of those citations in Orange County (Santa Ana) I was found not guilty by Judge James Gray when Officer Rose lied several times through my cross examination and on another (Yorba Linda) the nice policeman did not show in court because there was a fading white painted left turn arrow on the street indicating a legal left turn.
On another in Orange I did accidentally run a red light at 1 o’clock in the morning and the nice lady officer cited me. I paid that one.
I have twelve classic cars here in Anaheim including a 1965 Bentley previously owned by stuntman Tobi Halicki. I drive 20,000 miles per year so I consider citations a tax.
My favorite cartoon is Speedracer!
I do have alot of respect for the following Anaheim Police Officers: Sergeant Flores, Officer E. Hampton, Officer Jeff Burns and Chief John Welter.
James Robert Reade