Condescending cop gives unjust parking ticket, woman calls his lieutenant and gets him reprimanded

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 3, 2024 8:00 AM EST

This dude was clearly just filling a quota while operating on his superiority complex. It comes as no surprise that most parking tickets are nonsensical, and nine times out of ten, you do not get the opportunity to argue your way out of getting a ticket as it's being handed to you. Sure, you can contest a parking ticket after the fact, but even that is always a process.

This young woman saw an officer give her parents' car and several other cars in the neighborhood tickets because of a temporary No Parking sign. What the officer did not notice, despite the clear writing on the sign, was that this rule only applied to Tuesday of that week. However, when the young woman pointed this out to him, he was so offended by her "audacity" that he refused to entertain her thought and proceeded to write the tickets even though it was not Tuesday. Thankfully, the young woman did not stop there. She decided to call Internal Affairs and get his lieutenant involved. Keep scrolling below to see how she formed a special bond with the lieutenant and got this dude in massive trouble. 

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    Write tickets inappropriately and tow cars? You'll have to eat crow while I laugh. Over 20 years ago I lived in an apartment complex made up of several buildings, each with about 60 units and each building has only 15 garage spots and about 20 parking spaces, so the majority must park on the street on a long drive. There was going to be a re-tarring project and a couple days before, temporary "No parking signs" were placed up for TUESDAY from 8am-7pm along the street.
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    It was a Monday (and a holiday so a lot of people were home) and my roommates and I heard a loud sound outside and saw cars being towed--including mine-- and a police officer writing tickets and placing them on all the cars before being towed.
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    I ran outside and up to the officer, and asked why he was ticketing the cars and he pointed at the sign. I said "It is Monday, and the signs say "Tuesday", we just have to move them by 8 am tomorrow". At the time, I was just 21 but was often mistaken for be a VERY young teen. The responded "I don't care if it says Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, if I see a "No parking sign" I'm not going to park there. Tell your mommy and daddy that their cars are moved up the street and they have a $50 ticket an
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    I asked for his badge number, which he refused and then he continued to ignore me. I ran back into my apartment, and called the local station. At first I got the run around until I asked for I.A., and was finally passed to this guy's lieutenant, a woman. When I told her what had happened as well as his attitude, she said she'd have to come down to see the signs herself. About 15 minutes later she arrived, and she pointed out the weekday to him. I had the distinct impression that he had a problem
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    All of the tickets had to be be removed and the ticket numbers needed to be accounted for. She made him apologize to my grinning face, and he had to write out an apology to each of the owners of each of the cars explaining his mistake, and that if there was any damage to contact him or his lieutenant. This took tons of time, so my roommates and I set up lawn chairs and sat eating popcorn and grinning ear to ear while we watched.
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    The absolute delight I felt at the a33 having to make a record of each of those tickets and write an apology note will forever bring me a little satisfaction. He thought he could abuse his little petty power, so I got my little petty revenge. Edit: typo
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    OK_Royal6055 - 8 hr. ago I worked at a Target as a cart attendant. I used to love watching lazy people get tickets for parking in the handicapped spots. I watched one belligerent moron scream her way into a probably $500+ ticket instead of the usual $25 or whatever it was around 1997. The cop was honestly extremely nice (and cute), and we'd BS while she was writing them. I'd also kind of be a lookout of sorts and let her know if someone was running up or looking
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    Anyway, this one bozo lady started screaming at her as though it was her fault. Was almost 10 and there were empty spots 15 feet away. However, Miss Bozo starts screaming about all the other violations she had. It was like bad comedy.
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    "Do I look like I'm rich, you ??? My tags is expired, my mirrors are broke...." She just KEPT GOING LOL. Cop kept looking at me like "How stupid is this chick???" Long story short, her car got towed. So add in whatever it cost to get it out of the impound on top of the million violations. Maybe you had to be there, but it was just so freaking bizarre/hilarious. 191 Reply Share
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    MimiiAlH 10 hr. ago The end put a smile on my face Reply Share 157
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    Grouchy_Tap_8264 OP 9 hr. ago We MAY have been poking the bear a wee bit, but he'd been so unnecessarily nasty to me that we took our little (mildly immature) enjoyment. 132 Reply Share
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    DynkoFromTheNorth · 8 hr. ago I really liked the story, up until you mentioned consuming popcorn yo witness the officer's humiliation. That's when I absolutely fell in love with it.
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    CoderJoel 9 hr. ago . Twenty years ago was a different world. Today the cop might shoot you if he feared for his life.
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    Armadillo Bandito . 10 hr. ago What's I.A.? 21 Reply Share Grouchy_Tap_8264 OP 10 hr. ago Sorry! "Internal Affairs". They're the police who police other police when they do something wrong.
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    TheHypnogoggish . 8 hr. ago That isn't petty, that is full on BOSS.
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