Some people think insurance and tags are optional...
Tags are a way of collecting taxes, and insurance is something that primarily is seen as benefiting insurance companies.
Arguably, insurance only secondarily benefits insurance companies.
If it is a choice between feeding the kids, putting a roof over one’s head, and putting tags on the car, I think it is a no-brainer.
While I can appreciate arresting a person in some circumstances over it, the cop needs to see if he can get a refund on his lobotomy.
True, but in this case that should have been an insignificant consideration compared to making sure the kids were OK. This smacks of the time Barney Fife was left in charge for a day and ended up locking up every citizen of Mayberry. “By the book” only goes so far; at some point a cop needs to exercise good judgment.