I am sure that DC traffic courts are worse than normal but just about all traffic courts are kangaroo courts.
I used to work with a guy who was an attorney. He fought every traffic ticket he ever got and always won. Basically as soon as the judge found out he was a lawyer, he dismissed the case.
My theory is they knew they would eventually lose on appeal and it was not worth their time to pursue the case.
Something tells me this isn’t the only incident...
More likely all those dismissals are cases of “professional courtesy”.
Keep in mind that all these judges and lawyers all run around in the same social circles, belong to the same country clubs and fraternities, have friends/siblings/children that are either directly related or related through marriage, are all politically connected, blah blah blah.
It the same reason why Corzine will never be prosecuted for stealing customer funds at MF Global. He’s too connected to all the prosecutors.