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A hidden scaffolding of financial incentives underpins the policing of motorists in the United States, encouraging some communities to essentially repurpose armed officers as revenue agents searching for infractions largely unrelated to public safety.
By: Clayton Cummins
VALLEY BROOK, Oklahoma -
A December 2018 traffic stop conducted by a Valley Brook police officer is the center of a lawsuit filed against the city, Valley Brook police chief, and three police officers.
Harold Brown, a CLEET certified security officer, was heading home from work on Southeast 59th Street in the early morning hours of December 1, 2018.
Brown was pulled over by an officer for a malfunctioning tag light.
Brown asks the officer for a break, when the stop appears to go quickly from 0 to 100.
“Let me see your CLEET license!” the officer screams.
“Don’t yell at me,” Brown calmly replies, as seen on bodycam video.