honesty except in small towns in the south
in may my son came down to see his sister's dance recital. he stayed a few extra days to catch up with old friends. he was on the cell talking to me ( i was in SF at cybernet). about his plans to leave when a cop got him in a speed trap. it goes from 55 to 30 at the top of a hill in no-where-land TN.
well no lets see your drivers license boy. no they ask him to step out of the car, read him his rights, cuff him and throw in jail. for a speeding ticket. They didnt let him even call home - they did let him talk to a bail bonds man though. cost us $3500 for the tow, to get his car out of the impound lot,the bail bonds man and the ticket.
a guy who was in for beating his wife and sending her to the hospital, passing bad checks and impersonating a cop only paid $80. And a pervert that i swear to god would have flashed the court room- he came in in ankle cuffs and was holding penis through his jail pants - he got a promise to never expose yourself in public again speech.
before you say anything the tow truck driver is 2nd cousin to the bail bonds man. who is married to the sister of the judge who also doubles as principal of the HS.
he is happily back in Florida where the only threat to life and limb is the occasional hurricane
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