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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]True story-

About 9 years ago I got one of those camera speeding tickets in DC-I went a tad above the 25 mile speed limit (which I was unaware of having recently moved to the area).

I went to court to fight the ticket. The case was heard by a an arbitrator (who happened to be a black female). I was in a room with about 25-30 black people who were there also fighting their various traffic tickets. They were a variety of ages ranging from teens to elderly, men and women, well dressed to looking like bums. I came dressednicely for court and with my infant in a Bjorn.

The arbitrator called everyone else first (not sure if this was random, purposeful or whatever, but if it were alphabetical, I would not have been last. I also arrived early for said court date so it was not because I was late).

The arbitrator DISMISSED each and every person's ticket who was there. One woman even had a double red light violation (coming and going on the same day). I was the only person whose ticket/case was NOT dismissed. (many other speeders who were going MUCH faster were dismissed).

This was clearly a case of rasism on the part of the arbitrator. I was furious. While I paid the ticket, I did call the supervisor over there and informed them of what had occurred. I only hope some action was taken to correct this arbitrator's behavior and blatant racism and abuse of her power.

Forgot to mention, I was the only white person in the courtroom, aside from my 7 month

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You are an unreliable witness.  No one gets a speeding camera ticket for going "a tad" over the limit.  [/quote]

That's not the point. Everyone was there because they were doing "a tad" over the limit regardless how you define "a tad". [/quote]

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