I work at a tobacco shop. And after they said I blown through a stop sign. When asked when drinking I said no. Then he said I smelled, and I quote, “of something suspicious”. I get cops get their paycheck for tickets and such but seriously has it really gotten this bad that for a ticket they try to make it something bigger? and ignoring my rights?
They also don’t care if you contest it and get it dropped.
Some cops have given hundreds of citations, the courts drop them all, and they STILL have a job.
Because the public doesn’t know or care how cops’ performance is judged.
They’re all “ACAB” or “Back the Blue” with zero nuance, so why would law enforcement brass bother changing how they do things?