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TX man pays his $212 speeding ticket with 2 buckets full of COINS in protest
UK Daily Mail ^ | 05/29/2016 | CLEMENCE MICHALLON

Posted on 05/29/2016 2:00:48 PM PDT by DFG

A Texas man who got busted driving nine miles per hour over the speed limit paid his fine entirely in pennies - as an act of protest against what he thought was 'extortion'. Brett Sanders, of Frisco, took his case to trial after going at 39 mph instead of 30 in his neighborhood. But he lost and a jury decided he should pay a $212 fine. Sanders, a full-time IT professional and a first and second amendment activist, gathered thousands of pennies to honor his debt.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: frisco; sanders; speeding; texas
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To: DFG
I pay a nickel to see that ;-)

Ed

41 posted on 05/29/2016 11:03:14 PM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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To: PAR35

They charge a fee here also,if you want cash,but if you take a gift card you get 100%.

I get a DD gift card but they offer lots of others.

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42 posted on 05/30/2016 6:08:13 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears

I can’t see the clerk of court opting for a gift card to put into the county treasury.


43 posted on 05/30/2016 6:26:29 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

:-)

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44 posted on 05/30/2016 6:49:25 AM PDT by Mears
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To: SandRat

They were originally wrapped, but he took a hammer to the rolls and broke them up. When he dumped the pennies at the counter they included the torn up wrappers.


45 posted on 05/30/2016 7:23:17 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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