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I am probably gonna catch some hell from our local Sheriff's Office over this post. You see, it started last evening. My ex-daughter in-law, (who is still like one of my own children) got stopped by one of the local reserve deputies. Heavy emphasis on "reserve", like in no CLEET certification. Petite, blond, female deputy follows my daughter inlaw from the corner of Highway 177 and Main street in Sulphur, to the Sonic Drive In at Sulphur, gets out of her car, and then walks up behind Sissy's car, and stands there for a few minutes and then walks up to the driver side window on Sissy's car. She claimed to have stopped my daughter in-law and three grand kids for not having a current tag on the 1980 Thunderbird my daughter in-law, it expired two months ago. The big problem with the deputy's claim as to the reason for the stop is, I went and looked at the tag, you cannot make out the year of the tag due to the way it is placed on the back of the car, under the bumper. The deputy stopped the car because it is old, and then called in a big, fat, good ol' boy deputy to back her up. They harassed my daughter in-law a bit more, threatened to put her in jail, and then told her the only reason they would not put her in jail is because she had her children with her.

Here is the rub...I spent the better part of my adult life as a cop. I worked traffic for a couple of decades. In Oklahoma, you can impound a vehicle for failure to pay all taxes due the state, but you cannot put the driver in jail for an expired tag. I am so damned tired of a bunch of thugs hiding behind a badge and a gun thinking they can just run rough shod over who actually pays their wages.

Well, I have to get up at four in the morning for a couple of days, to keep Sissy from driving her car to work. She gets paid on Tuesday, and then will get her car tagged properly. Am I angry with Sissy? Hell no, I am very proud of her. She has worked hard at turning her life around and making something of herself. Am I mad at the deputies? Hey, they will be looking for a job in another ten months......

PEACE OUT Y'ALL !