Okay My story doesn't have an ending at the moment because it is currently happening...
It was about a year ago that I lost my job (of 5 years) and apartment due to the bank foreclosure problems. I
luckily was a scrapper, when ever I had a moment to spare, that I was able to keep myself out of the gutters
and move with my sister to a "Quiet" small town in Arizona called Youngtown. With no scrappers in the area I
thought I would be making good money. My girlfriend and I were the ODD BALLS in this area, and so it was hard
for us at first. But unlike the average scrapper, when we would see a trash pile, before we would touch it, my
girlfriend and I would go knock on the door of the house it was in front of, and ask the owner if we could go
through it. Out of respect. And got some respect back from some of the towns folks. We were doing good, until
the day we met HER! We weren't properly introduced for the simple fact that we still have no clue what her name
is. We don't know anything about her, just that she is a MCSO Sheriff. It was 11pm when she pulled us over
with a lame excuse of a trailer brake light wasn't working. . She went to her car and ran my info into her
computer and when she came back, she gave me a warning that I needed to change the address on my drivers
license. Nothing else was said about the trailer's brake light. She let us go, and once we were far enough
around the corner for her to no longer see us. We pulled over and my girlfriend jumped out of the car and we
did a brake light test. The lights were fine. About a 2 weeks later our scrap mobile took a crap on us. (Would
you believe it died right in front of Glendale Police Station parkinglot? Well, it did.) It was over a month
before we got another car. Everything was looking up, or so we thought! We were driving the neighborhood alleys
looking for scrap with a friend, its still early in the morning so there hasn't been many cars on the road. We
pull out of the alley and are stopped at a stop sign, I want to turn left but there is a tree blocking my view
to check for traffic. I pull up a bit and see one of Youngtown's finest, coming my way. I wait till he passes
then turn left. I see from the rear view that he has flipped around and is now behind me. He hits his lights
and I'm already cussing him out, but I stop as he comes toward my car. He stated that he pulled us over because
I failed to stop at the stop sign, that I was stopped at, when I first saw him. Then 2 other police cars pull
up one in front and one in back of my car, like they were blocking me in. They searched my car they searched my
friend, and a lady cop searched my girl. Of course, they found nothing. Nothing except that the car wasn't
registered to me yet so I wasn't insured. My mistake, I know. But I corrected my mistake before my court date,
hoping it would reduce the fine they would be giving me. It was reduced from $989.00 to $595.00 plus the
"Running a stop sign" ticket, $200.00. This whole town, the Courts, and the Judge are cruepted and I think it
is all a plot to bring money into the town. The reason I say this is because strangely the courts accidently
made a mistake of suspending my drivers license. I was fortunate to find out when I was pulled over by Peoria
cops in a parking lot walking to my car, so I was safe from getting a ticket. I went back to the courts and
they said it was their fault and "FIXED" the error. Since I've had my new car, the Sheriff (B word) has pulled me
over 2 more times. She told me my car was undesireable and every time she sees me on the road, she will pull me
over, and start looking for violations she can give me tickets on. I avoid that Sheriff (B word) as much as I
can. And then...
The trailer had a nail in the tire. Me and my girl went to QT to repair it. Went for a Quick Trip but ended up
in HELL. The Sheriff (B word) was there! We stalled around for an hour fixing that dumb tire waiting for her to
leave. But she didn't. She waited too. We left QT to go back home and she pulled me over...AGAIN!!! Asked for
my drivers license, insurance, & registration, and as I handed them to her she tells me to step out of the car.
She says your under arrest for driving with a suspended drivers license. She lets my girlfriend go, but made
her walk home imeditly so they could tow my car and trailer away. After my girlfriend was gone and the
sheriff's back up arrived, her commanding officer sent her away from the scene. I was released by the officer
because of a medical condition, but got a ticket for driving with a suspended license, my car and trailer were towed away, and I had to walk home.
After going back and forth(without my car or trailer for 2 weeks)getting rides from people, between the courts,
DMV, and the tow yard, cost me about $500.00 this time. And that was to get another drivers license, to get my
car out of impound and for gas money for who ever I had to bribe to give me a ride to fix all this bull crap.
To be continued.....
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