I had expired tabs, but my family needed food and diapers. I had to go to the store. I took the family with me. I was pulled over. The officer was irrate that I had gone 2 months without renewing. I explained to him that I couldn't pass emmissions, and I didn't have enough money to repair. He said I was making excuses, that I was lying, and "whining like a baby." He told me to "be a man" and admit that I was trying to get away without paying for new tabs. I re-emphasized that I couldn't pay the repair fees, and in the middle of my explanation he told me to "shut up" and "get out of the car," right in front of my wife and children. He then said since I refuse to "be a man" and admit that I don't want to pay for tabs, driving with expired tabs is a "felony offense." He cuffed me and put me in his car. I tried to reason, he merely said "shut up."Under duress I finally said what he wanted me to. He wrote me up & let me go. I was humiliated. Is this legal, the way he treated me?
2007-05-28
12:31:38
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