[marktwain]

And that's what I find so strange about it. The phrase, cut off, is so popular, but it doesn't have anything to do with traffic laws. In each instance, one driver or the other failed to yield the right of way.

In research for the story, the barber was about to enter an off ramp to go to the strip club.

Then the officer, at a very high rate of speed, passed the barber, cut in front of him, and braked aggressivelly for the off ramp. The barber hit his brakes to avoid a collision, and ended up stopped at the far edge of the off-ramp entrance.

That is the version the barber gave, and I presume, his wife's cousin, who was in the car with him.

The officer had just consumed five mixed drinks in quick succession, before the automobile-off-ramp incident. There is no dispute about that.

[familyop]

"Then the officer, at a very high rate of speed, passed the barber, cut in front of him, and braked aggressivelly for the off ramp. The barber hit his brakes to avoid a collision, and ended up stopped at the far edge of the off-ramp entrance."

If that's true, the officer was probably speeding, driving recklessly and probably more (depending on statutes there). Hypothetically, of course, because I wasn't there. What a mess. It's better to avoid hotheads whenever possible.

[wardaddy]

The now paralyzed barber has never changed his story

The drunk cop has

The barber was talking his wife’s relative to work at the strip club

The grand jury refused to indict the barber

It appears to me the drunk cop is more at fault from reading several accounts

And I think the police department knows this which is why they have backed off from initial reports which were defensive of the cop and his behavior

This will end in a lawsuit given to barber is paralyzed