By Matt Agorist
Nothing illustrates how the times are changing quite like an 11-year-old boy filming the police and shutting down a speed trap.
Mikey, an 11-year-old boy from New Hampshire made an awesome video this week showing him holding up a sign to warn motorists that there was a speed trap ahead. Within only a few minutes, this mini rights-flexing guru shuts down the officer and forces him to move on.
But holding the sign to warn motorists was only half of Mikey’s awesomeness. When the state trooper came back to intimidate the tike, Mikey held his own better than some adults would have done.
Without batting an eye, Mikey continued to film and refused to answer questions, thereby ending the stop before it even began. Below is that amazing video.
Matt Agorist is the co-founder of TheFreeThoughtProject.com, where this article first appeared. He is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world.
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That kid is more intelligent and articulate than most adults I have to deal with.
probably not vaccinated
Obviously New hampshire have too many troopers …. the troopers I’m aware of across the country have all they can do to handle their assigned territory – and they don’t have time to sit around in one spot playing motorist games – that’s left to the lower rung fruit on a local LEO basis ….
What a cool kid!!!
The cop was pretty cool, too – and by the way, people don’t always slow down when they should, especially driving through small towns. I was ready to suck in my libertarian principles when a guy tried to pass someone in front of my house going 70 MPH in a 25 MPH zone – half-wishing a highway patrol happened to be passing through. A free society doesn’t prohibit highway rules or enforcement. The one we have sucks more often than not, but sometimes police actually can perform a reasonable role (for instance, preventing a violent crime or stopping someone from driving recklessly/under the influence, etc.).
The problem is the “mixed economy”.
The roads are “publicly owned”. The problems that arise from government ownership are on the government, not private individuals or the free market.
In other words, your libertarianism is correct, and does not need to be qualified or compromised because of false allegations that it is “impracticable”.
There will always be a crazy here or there, but the main purpose of traffic tickets is to generate revenue. People drive normally at the 85 percentile, so there is no need for traffic tickets other than skrewing the public to make money. The cops should spend their time going after real criminals like in the drug areas, but they are usually afraid to go there.
Brave kid. Good job man!
Way to stick to your guns kid!
Wish there were more like him in the USA.
We love you Mikey!!! Way to Go!!!!!