Last March, a woman drove down 2nd, in the dark, with her headlights off. As a courtesy, I flashed my headlights at her to remind the driver to turn her lights on. The woman responded by flipping me off. I pulled her over. As I explained the stop, she said “I flipped you off because I hate all cops.“ I nodded, then issued her a cite. As I left the car, she told me to, "Fuck off!"
Today, at traffic court, the woman agreed with my account of the traffic stop, but asked the judge for a warning for the minor offense.
The judge said by flashing my patrol car lights at her was the warning, and if she had a “modicum of common courtesy,” the outcome would have been different.
Then, he said considered giving her the enhanced judgement of $1000 for the citation, and as she sweated, ruled on the base fine.
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