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smeyer
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On feb 20, 2000, a sunday, I was preceeding to work. Sunday was a normal day from 8am-5pm for me as a credit card telemarketer at bank one located at 10900 stonelake blvd in Austin texas. That day there was a marathon also being run in the same general vicinity. As I approached the Breaker exit, which lead to my bank I saw it was barracaded, so I went a mile down the highway to the next exit got off and proceeded to find every road that would allow me access to my job site blocked off. With my job on the line (The bank fires you if you are late) I went all the way back to the breaker exit, saw no runners anywhere and slowly proceeded by the barracade to my bank. A cop stopped my about 100 yards from the bank or less and ticketed me for disregarding the baracade. I told the officer that the previous year, bank one personal had permission to go beyond the baracade so that they could get to work, He said no one told him about it and gave me the ticket. I got to work and talked with a manager who was also stopped evidently, but not ticketed. She caled the bank President and the barracades were taken down. My question is, is it not illegal for the police to stop a man from earning his daily wage? From blocking every entrance to a business? I need to know what ammunition I have legally, if any, prior to my court date on June 5th. If there is nothing to be done, would I be wiser to have a jury trial or a trial by judge? Traffic school is out of the question as an alternative.
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[This message has been edited by smeyer (edited March 31, 2000).]
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[This message has been edited by smeyer (edited March 31, 2000).]