What stuns me is that cops would be so callous as to give such a high fine to people for such a minor infraction when people are hurting financially.
My Grandfather was a cop and when he knew someones family was hurting, he went light on them.
“...stuns me is that cops would be so callous ...” and “...My Grandfather was a cop and ...”
When your grandpop was a cop, he was a Peace Officer. He was charged with keeping the peace.
Now, they’re LAW ENFORCEMENT and you WILL comply!!!
Words mean things. In this case, intentionally so.
We’re being conditioned and forced into a mindset where we just sort of take it and shut our mouths about it.
Funny...Officers Hans and Dieter Friendly in 1930s Germany...Officers Boris and Yevgenny Friendly in Soviet Russia... Seems like we saw this movie somwhere before
Nah. Couldn’t be...this is America, after all, and it could NEVER happen here....
Your grandfather sounds like a peace officer.
They are much rarer these days than they were in his day.