Now the police chief has disbanded his force “until things calm down,” a judge has voided all outstanding police-issued citations and sheriff’s deputies are asking where all the money from the tickets went. With 174 residents, the city can keep seven police officers on its rolls but missed payments on police and fire department vehicles and saw its last business close its doors a few weeks ago.
“You can’t even buy a loaf of bread, but we’ve got seven police officers,” said former resident Larry Harris, who left town because he said the police
Nice. Reminds me of some cities around here. Upland California and Brea come to mind.
It was anger over traffic tickets that brought Payne to city hall last week, said his lawyer, Randy Fishman. After failing to get a traffic ticket dismissed on Aug. 27, police gave Payne or his son another ticket that day. Payne, 39, returned to court to vent his anger to Judge Tonya Alexander, Fishman said.
It’s unclear exactly what happened next, but Martin said an argument between Payne and the seven police officers who attended the hearing apparently escalated to a scuffle, ending when an officer shot Payne from behind.
As much as I detest litigation, this just yells for it.
This BS happened all over Oklahoma. There aren't any real law breakers so they, under color of authority, prey on people.
I once passed through in North East Oklahoma three times and could not figure out where the signs were. Got 3 tickets and from then on started crawling into town at 20MPH.
Thing is, people would get mad, as I would start a few miles back and they would pass me. Guess who I saw on the side of the road?
Some of the jokers should never, ever have a badge.