Police Arrest Me For Taking a Bike Out Of The GARBAGE!! "North Arlington NJ"

In my area the majority of pickers are after metal. Which they sell.

This is ridiculous. If it was in the trash, it wasn't wanted. Why are you all giving in to the ultimate tyranny that should be noted here? "They" are in control. This is the sort of law that should not be. It is almost as bad as the state government owned rainwater laws.

They want to control us. Can't you see that? I thought you all were awakened. Have you no cognition?

Some laws are good. Lock up the murderers, pedophiles, rapists. But to be locked up, even overnight, for trash digging is just ridiculous. Once a person throws something away, it should be free grabs for anyone.

If my girlfriend is reading this, could I just point out that that, yes, sticking my thumb up her arse whilst shagging her IS completely necessary.

maybe because the salvation army goes through the trash and resells it, and you are taking money from them trashpickers they hire to go through it at the waste site.

This is a form of hate and disgust against other people, probably because they judge the trash picking person as "disgusting, lazy, poor, homeless, trash, filth, scum" or whatever. They feel above the trash picker, so much so that they don't want the trash picking person to look or touch their garbage. Somehow, even their garbage is sacred.

Someone that hates another person so much that they would rather an item be destroyed then give it to another person needs to evaluate their heart and mind because clearly something is wrong there.

If a person uses the reason that they are worried about identity theft, they should shred their documents because hundreds of disposal employees have access to your trash on a daily basis. If you shred your documents, that issue is now solved.

there needs to be a huge clean up to take out all the trash real soon. I heard and saw.

Get ready greedy persons (:
It is near.

Yes, but...
OP - It could be about both! Go back and find Michelle Obama's DNC speech. She told the world how her husband was so poor that he took furniture from garbage dumpsters! Take the clip and show your attorney. If you are arrested, Mr Obama should be arrested for the same offense.

GLP LAWYERS?????

Ah, only on GLP do we find SUCH a diverse group! We have the incredibly affluent folks, probably like you, with multiple bikes. Then we have the "beaners" who won't go buy new bikes!

If he can't afford a new bike, heres what he needs to do, this man needs to go to the nearest bank, and PLEAD HIS CASE, to a banker, so that he can be EXTENDED SOME CREDIT, then he can buy a bicycle! EVERYONE WINS =D

@OP: here in canada technically trash-picking is illegal, but if your throwing out a bike, or a used appliance or something, are you really going to give a shit if some tool grabs it OFF THE STREET? You're done with it, you put it on the city's PUBLIC BOULEVARD... am I the freaking commie here? As said, take it to the Recycling Center (READ: Direct artery to the DUMP) if your so damn paranoid!

If it was small and resting by the curb, I took a nightstand or two or a chair when I moved into my first apartment and was just starting off. But Ive never had the guts to dumpster dive . It does seem intrusive and dangerous and unsanitary.

You can make a good living as a junk hauler. People dont know the value of scrap metal and they will beg or even pay someone to haul stuff away.

How's it stealing when you abandoned it on town property (the area between the curb and the sidewalk) intending for it to be disposed of in a dump?

Smart people that took it. It has copper in it.. they knew there was still money in there. It doesnt take long to extract the copper. You have to be careful not to break the tube cause theres gases in there. But I got 7-10 bucks worth of copper wire from a old broken tv.

Ive seen people throw out aluminum lawn chairs too not realizing, duh ! Its aluminum. The scrap yard will pay you for it..

You can make a easy 30 bucks or more just hauling trash and junk from ones yard.

no way!

Ever heard the statement "There but for the Grace of God, go I". Give it some thought.

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260-2. Restrictions on garbage removal.

No person, except those having lawful permission, shall remove any refuse, garbage, debris, ashes or other contents of any garbage can owned or belonging to any other person.

[link to ecode360.com]

How is taking something from the trash stealing? Is the city dump going to take the stuff and sell it or will it sit at the landfill and rot?

America is fucked up here in Canada the people are way nicer then that, some of us even clean thing before we put them out in case someone wants it.

if I toss anything that's still good but I just don't have room for or need anymore help yourselves to it. I would never even think of someone picking up trash as stealing.

OP you are right this is wrong trash is just that trash once the owner throws it out it no longer belongs to them...technically it belongs to the city which brings me back to my 1st question...are they going to sell it? why is it so important to them? it's trash.

you Americans posting hate comments deserve to be rounded up and shot, your horrible people he did nothing wrong..and if you still wants something and thinks its yours don't toss it in the trash.

Youre the twat, its againts the law to take items from someones trash in that state. This isnt do as you likey spain. Its still remains the property of the owner untill the trash guys take it, it then is their property by law. You have a binding contract with the trash company.

The laws are clerly stated, if you want to take something from someones trash then you need their permission or a court order. Law inforcement agencies need court orders aswell to search your trash. So shut the fuck up and get your facts straight, the OP broke the law, now he has to pay for it.

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Yes, according to the law, OP did. However, Michelle Obama told the world in her speech at the DNC how her husband was so poor, he took furniture from garbage dumpsters. What was the law when Obama took furniture?
OP needs to find out where Obama lived when he took from the garbage. If there was a law against it at the time, then OP has a case. If the President of the United States believes it's ok to take from garbage dumpsters even though the law states otherwise, then maybe the law should be revisited?

OP, God bless you. Will pray you get through this with many blessings.

That's awful!

If I don't get my recycled cans and bottles out for the trucks to pick up in front of my house, I take it to the recycle bins at the apartments about 2 miles away.

One time, several years ago, I was there and took 2 Hoover Windtunnel vacuum cleaners out of the dumpster, which is next to the recycle bins. Got home and found out both the vacuum cleaners worked. I gave one to my mom, and I still have the other. They retail for about $200.00 each!

I certainly can afford to buy them, but when they are thrown away, I see no reason to keep them or give them away to someone who can use them. I've also seen perfectly good furniture in those dumpsters or placed alongside of them. It's a shame that they don't take them to a thrift store or Goodwill so others can benefit.

1) LEO routinely circumvent laws in the process of investigations, rifling through trash without a warrant being one of them.

2) There are laws on the books governing how fast you operate a vehicle. Have you followed them meticulously your entire driving life?

3) Some laws are just downright stooooopid. This being one of them. If you throw it away, indicating irrevocably that you have no further calim or desire to posses it, why should anyone be prohibited from making use of it?

Yes, theres too much liability in trash if there was no laws., if there wasnt someone could dig out old food , eat it get sick and sue you. Thats how wicked many people are that makes stuff difficult for the rest of us.

Or identity thieves could dig from your trash looking for ways to steal your identity.

And thus we have laws...

Here in Cali, a lot of dumpsters are chained and locked, with the key given to residents. This is to prevent not only picking, but random burglarizing which has unfortunately come with it. When my rental building was sold, the new owner had a dumpster that was filled with unwanted trash and debris from vacated tenants. This attracted unwanted elements, as pickers regularly descended on the dumpster and took anything they could, even taking the lightbulbs from outside lighting sources! After reports of alleged break-in attempts, the chain and lock appeared on the dumpster with instructions from the new owner to always be sure to keep it closed, chained, and locked when not in use. Problem solved: no more unwanted 'guests' picking through our dumpsters. I believe that if this were to be adopted by those who do not want pickers in their neighborhoods, the problem would be eliminated.

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The guy gets arrested for this.
Mind blowing....anything can happen in America.

Even Mitt Romney can run for president.

This is a non-issue.

When I or anyone I see throws out perfectly good stuff, say after a garage sale or whatever we place it on the curb and possibly put a piece or masking tape on it that says free.

You don t go opening and digging in your neighbors trash can for salvage. This pisses people off because once some jerk has spread your trash all over your yard and street trying to get a piece of copper out of a something you threw away without the decent state of mind to put the trash they pulled out back into the trash can it makes you very hostile to these people.

Last I checked most functioning bikes would not fit in the trash can, objects sitting on the street or curb are not protected the same as the stuff actually in the trash can or recycle bin and can be taken if they are on public property. If you want something out of your neighbors trash and are to xenophobic to knock on their door and ask them, then it's a personal issue, the laws that are in place to protect trash are their because of scrap yards making messes and not cleaning up after themselves and the nature of the sensitive information in people's trash and the biohazards that people trash presents.

If you pulling stuff out of an apartment complex dumpster and some patrol cops sees you they are going to bust you and there is plenty of precedent as to why that happens. If you are calm and like hey officer I was after this bike right here, then chances are they are going to let you go if you don't act like a jerk

This is a non-issue.

When I or anyone I see throws out perfectly good stuff, say after a garage sale or whatever we place it on the curb and possibly put a piece or masking tape on it that says free.

You don t go opening and digging in your neighbors trash can for salvage. This pisses people off because once some jerk has spread your trash all over your yard and street trying to get a piece of copper out of a something you threw away without the decent state of mind to put the trash they pulled out back into the trash can it makes you very hostile to these people.

Last I checked most functioning bikes would not fit in the trash can, objects sitting on the street or curb are not protected the same as the stuff actually in the trash can or recycle bin and can be taken if they are on public property. If you want something out of your neighbors trash and are to xenophobic to knock on their door and ask them, then it's a personal issue, the laws that are in place to protect trash are their because of scrap yards making messes and not cleaning up after themselves and the nature of the sensitive information in people's trash and the biohazards that people trash presents.

If you pulling stuff out of an apartment complex dumpster and some patrol cops sees you they are going to bust you and there is plenty of precedent as to why that happens. If you are calm and like hey officer I was after this bike right here, then chances are they are going to let you go if you don't act like a jerk

Garbage on a street/curb is public domain.

Sue the department for false arrest, and false imprisonment (if they locked you up). Obviously the piece of shit pig doesn't know the law. And as they would tell you "ignorance is no excuse".

Get a lawyer and sue for millions!

We put our garbage on our property, the garbage men have to walk onto my privately owned land to remove it. I've had bikes abandoned on my property before and called the police, they come look at it and check to see if it has been reported stolen, if not then they tell me I can have it.

Yeah, just doesn't make sense to elect a successful business man over a communist with no experience in business to run the worlds largest economy...

You should have asked if it was okay to take it.

It's basic courtesy really.

Selfish people don't care about courtesy...they just want what they want when they want it and don't give a fuck about anyone else...