Devil's Advocate
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Sadly most police officers these days (in the US,) job is not to protect the citizens but instead to enforce laws. Which is why their becoming more and more referred to as "Law Enforcement Officers" rather the "Police Officers" or even "Peace Officers"IMHO, this is one of the best answers here to the simple question of, could I get a ticket? And as answered (repeating it), any police officer at the location should not be issuing tickets, but rather taking charge and safely controlling the situation.If a police officer was in the area he should have been assessing the situation and stopping traffic or waving traffic across, not issuing tickets.
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In deep red anti-tax states like Texas the police force has become a back door revenue collection service focused on enforcing severe penalties for relatively minor infractions such as outdated revenue stickers. Thanks to the secondary and tertiary surcharge system a single non-moving violation can result in thousands of dollars in fines and fees.
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