'Jimmy Justice' NYC Video Vigilante

A worthy story for a slow Sunday:

I saw a segment on MSNBC's Countdown about Jimmy Justice, a "regularJoe" Brooklyn resident that was fed up with the double standards of the NYCtraffic agents. I am sure this is not isolated to NYC, and I am sure we have allexperienced this type of behavior and hypocrisy in our towns and citiesUSA.

J.J. (Jimmy Justice) keeps an eye out for the traffic agents breaking lawsand video tapes the crime in progress i.e. parking their official vehicle infrot of a fire hydrant to run in and grab a cup of coffee or lunch. Trafficagents play an important role in society, and ticket individuals that break thelaw. Naturally no one wants a ticket and we tend to get angry when we do getone, but that's life and the law. Actual Police Officers get away withtheir minor crimes, and that's been the way it's been since the beginning oftime and will continue to be that way, but traffic agents are not even close torealizing that status.

Anyone who has experienced dealing with the NYC 'personality-less, I have aticket pad cockiness' of one of these agents know exactly the frustration we experience.

On August 17, 2007 'Live From Studio 1A' Dick Gregory interviewed JimmyJustice in a piece called 'Qand A With Jimmy Justice' with video HERE.

J.J. currently has 11 videos posted on his YouTube account 'JimmyJustice4753'.and you wouldn't believe some of the responses he receives. You would think thelaw breakers would be humble and friendly in order to squelch the controversyand not act like 'holier than thou'  on a video camera.

Here are a couple of examples:

NYC Board of Ed "teaches" its employees to break the law

Traffic Enforcement Agent Blocks Fire Hydrant During A Fire (She responds with "don't you think there's something wrong with filming somebody?" LOL...that's funny)

traffic cop Anderson breaks the law & has a message for NYC (This one is classic, the agent gets "back-up")

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Local NYC Contacts:

• Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner of Department of Transportation

• Mayor Bloomberg

• General Feedback and Contact Page

Quick Story: One of our company delivery trucks were double parked early one morning (delivering office supplies and very light traffic) when a traffic agent approached. I was outside smoking a cigarette and before the agent stated writing, I told him the driver is going to get fired if he receives another ticket, I also mentioned the driver had a family and was going through some hard times. The agent wrote him the ticket. The good news is I was lying about the driver getting fired.

Comments

[Jon]

I don't like these types of people. They need to lead by example. What I really couldn't stand was that ignorant woman who claimed to be former nypd trying to use terrorism as a reason for not filming a cop. If the cities want to turn cameras on every corner and avenue we should turn cameras right back at them. Notice how quickly that know it all ex-nypd officer led when he called her bluff. DEMOCRATS take note! That is the proper way to behave when someone pulls the terrorism card.

[Tony]

Jon,

I don't think the woman was a retired officer, I think she worked for the PD as a clerk, maybe a traffic agent or something along those lines...otherwise she would have said she was a retired officer and maybe even showed a badge. And by calling the cameraman and "asshole" wasn't very professional (J.J. gave gave her a professional resposnse with his "C" word though)

[john]

Does the NYPD only hire bloated obese ignorant women to work traffic?
They are a joke and a disgrace to the badge. What possible service could a bloated fat bitch do for law enforcement?
Makes me so glad I no longer live in NY.

[Tony]

Actually John,

A large portion of these traffic agents look and act like common street thugs. Stare you down, talk down to you, don't give you any breaks...not all of them, but a substantial amount of them. Many New Yorkers will slip a quarter into a meter just before the agent gets there, also there's a trick to "break" the meter". You take a quarter and hold it in as far as you can without letting it slip down...hold it for 2-3 minutes and it will render the meter inoperable, then you can place a bag over it with a note "broken meter" and technically it is. Otherwise you have to run out every so often to add more coins. You can not "load up" the time all at once.

[Clemente]

Hi Jimmy
Plato would be very proud of you.
Justice for all.
You should form a group that give COP tickets.
I support you.

Clemente

[alan]

Although I do not agree with the lack of professionalism dispalyed with the "hand gesture" I would like to point out that a parking violation is not in and of itself a "crime." Typically, it is the lack of paying a ticket that gets people into the "criminal" side of things. A traffic, or parking, ticket is a civil infraction. That means the individual who receives the ticket serves no jail time and has only to pay the citation to make his/her problem go away. I feel that the officer made a bad decision by parking in an area which would give the ordinary citizen a ticket. However, most states have statutes that enable law enforcement to violate traffic laws in the performance of their duties. I am not saying that lunchtime falls into that category, but if the individual officer is subject to leaving and reporting to an incident there is a vaild reason for parking close to where you would be eating. My question to the discussion is would you rather have an NYPD officer park close to a restaurant or 4 blocks away when you are being attacked.(I realize we are talking about a parkiing enforcement agent, but this guy films ALL police from what I've read) Also, many agencies have policy that mandates an officer should not leave their vehile out of sight unless pursuing a suspect or answering a call inside of a building. I am also not disputing that the parking officer could use a salad or two, but to attack the individual based on her weight is, in my opinion, an easy way to make a statement without saying anything. It is also an insight to someone's character when they woould make comments regarding lying to police and attemoting to "break" a parking meeter. Imagine if you have contact with 30-50 persons per day who were not happy to see you. Imagine that all of them do not want to pay fines ranging upwards from $100. Imagine that almost every one of them had a reason why it was imperative that they not receive a ticket. At some point, wouldn't you feel that nobody has a good reason? Last point, if no traffic laws were enforced, would we be better or worse than we are now? And before the responses start aobut a warning for everyone, if you get a warning today, one tomorrow, one the next day, and so on, what is the incentive for following rules? If all infractions end with a warning there is no next step in the process. Final thought.... what would be your reaction to an individual filming you at work? Police officers are public servants, but think about it. Having every mistake, move, and decision you make possibly ending up on film or having the 6 o'clock news broadcast it. If Joe the plumber gets a DUI it probably will not make the news, what about Joe the policeman? I appreciate the opportunity to express my point of view.

[Ben Wright]

Jimmy Justice is a splendid example of a general phenomenon. Technology is making all abuse by people in power or authority more difficult.

[Karl Von Manstein]

Well this guy 'Jimmy Justice' is a complete waste of space on this planet, I saw one video were he called a retired NYPD female Officer a C....!! He is nothing but a filthy mouthed idiot who will one day get that big fat mouth shut by somebody who has had a bad day. Hey, if the Cops are acting criminally (that aint parking issues either)then they should be dealt with but the system, not some spanner who just keeps yelling 'you broke the law' Oh and by the way, Traffic Officers are not Police Officers as he keeps calling them, they do not have peace officer authority, just civil servants.
Couldn't poor Jimmy get a job with NYPD or something?? Maybe that's why he acts like a fool, he's jealous maybe?