{"id":4189,"date":"2025-06-12T15:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:24:40","slug":"a-police-officer-forced-my-72-year-old-husband-to-lie-face-down-on-scorching-asphalt-all-because-his-exhaust-was-too-loud-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=4189","title":{"rendered":"A police officer forced my 72-year-old husband to lie face-down on scorching asphalt all because his exhaust was too loud"},"content":{"rendered":"
The cop made my 72-year-old husband lay face-down on the asphalt in 97-degree heat, his arthritic knees grinding against the burning pavement while four squad cars blocked traffic for what they called a \u201croutine stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Twenty-three minutes Harold spent there, his gray beard pressed to the road, hands cuffed behind his back as passing motorists slowed to gawk at the \u201cdangerous biker\u201d being arrested. I heard one woman tell her kids to \u201clook at the criminal\u201d while my husband \u2013 a Bronze Star recipient who did two tours in Vietnam \u2013 baked on the concrete like roadkill. All because his motorcycle exhaust was \u201ctoo loud\u201d \u2013 the same pipes that had passed inspection just two weeks prior.<\/a><\/p>\n
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