D.C. drivers arrested for expired licence tags

[freespirit]

http://autos.sympatico.ca/auto-news/9918/dc-drivers-arrested-for-expired-licence-tags

October 7, 2011, U.S. capital cuffs drivers with old plates no matter where they're from


Driving through Washington, D.C. anytime soon? Make sure your vehicle's registration is up-to-date: police in the U.S. capital are arresting drivers with expired tags, and they don't car where you come from.

While in most states drivers would get a fine if they let their licence plates expire, the Metropolitan Police Department in D.C. is holding on to a district-specific policy that lets them arrest drivers for the offence if desired, reports Fox News.

American motor club AAA is calling out D.C. officials to take a second look at the policy.

Numerous arrests have been made over expired tags over the past year, including the case of one mother cuffed on her way to pick her child up from school; her younger child was in the back seat. She was told to drop the kids off at social services if she couldn't find someone to watch them while she was jailed.

A city spokesperson says more often than not police will simply issue a $100 fine for the offence, but the code allows for fines up to $1,000 and imprisonment for 30 days.

[Cebu_4_2]

DC is not a state of the Union, it is the Rothschild stranglehold in the US of I.

[Celtic Rogue]

Living around DC I have experienced the shit hole DC is and probably has been since home rule started.

I usually dont talk too much about my real life... but when I was an investigator for the DC Courts I have talked with people who were getting paid by the city govt every week for a job that only existed on paper. not just one person but a few. I have seem Mayor Barry's driver up in a drug corner buying drugs while the mayor waited in the car some blocks away... again a few times. Did you know the students in DC public schools get paid if they just attend classes... Its like $100 a month... not to mention free breakfast and lunch.

Corruption is rank and getting worse. I wouldnt doubt that they would do anything to try and fill the shortfalls in their budget. I no longer work in the city and try not to travel through or around unless I absolutely have too!

DC is a cesspool that most tourists never see even though it can be seen just a couple of blocks away from the National Mall where the Capitol and monuments are located.

[Twisted Titan]

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.





ayn rand

[Santa]

This isn't something new, nor is it limited to DC.

I was almost arrested for an out of date tag sticker way back in the mid 90's in Orlando, but since it was only 28 days late instead of a full month I was merely fined $140....
Oh yeah, they told me I would have gone to jail if it had been 2 days more outdated.
And the 13th St. Precinct Jail in Orlando ain't no Disney World either though it's probably much like DC's Jail.

[Cebu_4_2]

Hahaha Last time I went to DC we accidently migrated into the whitehouse parking lot (oops) we were boxed in with unmarked suburbans and approached by about 15 men in black suits. I do have some pictures. Anyways they asked me of my purpose at the whitehouse and I eagerly replied "where is the entrance to the mall?" they let me go and told me the way to the exit.

Been there done that, just differently than you would lol.

[Awoke]

metropolitan police department in d.c. Is holding on to a district-specific policy

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