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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Cop Shoots Fire Chief In Ark. Court Over Tickets


Residents fed up with speed traps in tiny town that has seven officers

JERICHO, Ark. -
It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don Payne didn't hesitate to tell the judge what he thought of the police and their speed traps.

The response from cops? They shot him. Right there in court.

Payne ended up in the hospital, but his shooting last week brought to a boil simmering tensions between residents of this tiny former cotton city and their police force. Drivers quickly learn to slow to a crawl along the gravel roads and the two-lane highway that run through Jericho, but they say sometimes that isn't enough to fend off the city ticketing machine.

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4 comments:

  1. the police the most corrupt collective agency in america

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  2. Bastard shouldn't have brought it up!

    Homey

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  3. Sorry Joe I was playin with the Hippies.

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  4. That's a rough crowd there!

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