Matthew Edwards, a hard working welder, had just worked a 14 hour shift and was waiting to turn into his neighborhood in Troy, New York. A marked police car was waiting at a red light in front of him at the intersection where he was waiting to make a left turn onto the street where he lives. But when the light turned green, the police car didn’t move. After waiting a few moments, Matthew briefly honked his horn to alert the distracted police officer that the light had turned green. Within 5 minutes, Matthew would be violently arrested by that officer, Taylor Ganache with the Troy Police Department.
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So what do you do if you're behind a cop car at a green light? Just sit there?
Details: https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2025/07/29/driver-honks-at-cop-car-idling-at-green-light-gets-arrested-5-minutes-later/
City of Troy, New York: https://www.troyny.gov
he is parked wrong give him a ticket
Was a disgusting and sloppy swear in you can tell he didn’t mean it
How can anyone watch this and not despise cops? You will have to be an authoritarian who would have waited another red light.
That cop is weak. Mamas boy and definitely LBGTQ+7😂 biiiacth boy
Leaving no doubt who the REAL DOMESTIC TERRORIST are in America any longer, time to wake up to reality
Situations like this are where exercising your second amendment to its full extent would be appropriate
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This is pure tyranny.
Pretty sure the officer was on his cellphone and didn't notice the light was green 🤷ðŸÂ»
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ahhhh poor little baby policeman. Your a joke and you should be embarrassed and thrown in a jail yourself.
Scumbag officer 😢
This was egregious, im definitely going to send them a "nice" message. I can't believe how he was treated. 😢
karen gone wild cop. when he reads all these posts…..he is going to realize everyone hates him…including most other cops.
Just absolutely pathetic and completely expected from these bullies that never mentally matured past middle school.
"That's right coward, that's an unlawful use of a badge."