November 17, 2011 02:34 AM UTC

Honk and Waves to be banned for November 2012?

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• by: ClubTwitty

(We’re fresh out of reasons to not promote this – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Colorado Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper waves at motorists as he and supporters do a honk and wave in Denver, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.

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As all good campaigners know, the ‘honk and wave’ is standard fare around election time.  It’s in good fun, and a way for passing motorists to show support.  But be careful with whom you find affinity apparently, as one motorist recently learned in Denver showing support for the Occupy protestors.

The Westword is reporting:

While driving downtown after the night’s police raid on Occupy Denver, Garcia chose to publicly support the group by honking his horn. This, he would quickly learn, is technically illegal. Thanks to “either two or three honks,” he says, Garcia was pulled over and ticketed by a police officer near 14th Street.

Just to be clear, Garcia takes out the ticket and reads it. On November 12, at 8:30 p.m., he was cited for violating city ordinance 54-71, labeled “horns or other warning devices.” Garcia drove down 14th Street and was about to turn onto Broadway when a supportive honk earned a show of headlights behind him, accompanied by the signal for him to pull over.

Selective criminalization of common behavior upsets me.  I expect the Denver PD to be quite busy next November, because after all–fair is fair.