Not that you haven't heard stories like this. Or maybe you haven't...

I'm in my car waiting at a red light. Then the light turns green. I start to proceed through the intersection. No sooner than I did when a marked car comes up behind me, lights flashing like mad. This joker gives me two criminal court summons; one for passing a steady red light and the other for RECKLESS DRIVING. I'm not a law student or anything like that, but I would imagine a car has to at least be IN MOTION for it to approach anything as serious as RECKLESS DRIVING. That's a career-ending conviction right there. At T/P/O I thought these were two of those "Gag Summoses" that I know you can buy in candy stores and places like that. That's bad business there, guy!

So I'm forced to hire a lawyer for $1300.00 that I can ill-afford and the nazi cop shows up in court. When did the United States become nazi Germany again? Luckily my lawyer finds a small technicality, some small, obscure, insignificant, miniscule little loophole nothing that now I "only" have to pay $100.00 fine to Dracula's Courtroom later on in this month.

What is my recourse in a frame-up like this? Only to file a complaint with the local police review board that I did and I'm forwarding it to the US Dept of Justice as well as they take these kind of reports too.

What is the moral of the story? The moral of the story is a misguided, rogue, ticket-happy nazi cop can make life for you, the innocent person or motorist very very difficult at times. Actually a couple of them at this juncture. His partner was in "on the act" also, getting out of the police car and playing "the Gag" right along with the first cop. Although this was no gag.

PS: I hope there are no cops reading this because I don't want to give you any ideas!