Not Shelby.
I agree with the rest, however they rule with the roofrack/gun/badge and dog.
Take care.
"I don't know. It was in Fayetteville, just across the Alabama state line. I did speed and I took my ticket, but beyond that this was absurd."
My favorite police traffic abuse story:
I was in the military driving in a military car from NY to Cape Cod for a military conference. On the interstate in Conn, at sunrise (driving right into the sun), I was driving 65 during the 55mph silliness under Carter. As I drove along with the sun in my face, I noted a black shape on the side of the road, a car minus any markings and the silouette of a person, minus hat, standing on the side of the road pointing at the ground. I figured he was warning me of some obstacle, the one that stopped him, slowed down, got into the outside lane, and drove past. When I got up to the car I note the figure standing there was a cop minus smokey bear hat and was having a fit. He runs to his car, throws it in gear, goes screaming after me at perhaps 90, even though I am already slowing down to stop, throws himself in front of me and slams on the brakes, causing me to nearly hit him.
By then I was more than a bit hot but restrained myself expecting a speeding ticket (the Conn tax). Instead this idiot writes me up for failure to stop, reckless driving and speeding.
I did note he was in the rising sun and out of uniform in an unmarked car and that HE was the only person driving recklessly but the silly twit was too full of self importance to care. All told the fine was over $400 in 1970's bucks.
My next favorite bit of abuse was an accident on a military base. I am at a 4 way stop. To my left also stopped is a big honking truck with other cars sort of visible behind it. As I had the right of way, I proceeded half way across the street where I was promptly smashed into by the police car that had been stopped in traffic behind the truck but was too self important to obey the traffic laws. The cops decided to pass the stopped truck and run the stop sign. No lights, no siren, and no emergency. They promptly gave me a ticket for failure to yield! This time I knew the military judge who threw the case out and dumped all over the police.