Re: Bad Cop, No Donut! Lawsuit filed against abusive cops

Jim Alder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Eric Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
> 
> > On 10-09-2003 07:21, in article
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Christopher
> > Morton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> > 
> >> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 02:13:58 -0000, Jim Alder
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> >> 
> >>>    I know your mileage mmay vary, but I think the US is a
> >>>    few light years away from Mexico's bribery problem. 
> >> 
> >> I can see  you've never lived in Chicago....
> > 
> > My mom an I, or well I, got a ticket in Colorado when we were
> > driving to my brother's USAFA Graduation. It was Saturday
> > afternoon, and the cop said we would have to pay him then and
> > there, or run the risk of coming back to go to court.
> > 
> > I think he backed off when we said in unison, we'll come back.
> 
>    You should have phoned in his badge number, or even filled out 
> a complaint. I don't think any police dept actually lets the cop 
> collect the fine on the spot, do they?

I remember when I was a teenager driving through Nevada.  My dad was
at the wheel and we got pulled over in some small town (just outside
of Beatty I think).  The cop had a credit-card imprinter in his patrol
car - and collected the 80 bucks right then and there - on my Dad's
Visa.

Guido