Traffic Ticket

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An officer stops a man for running a red light. The guy is a real jerk and comes
running back to the officer demanding to know why he is being harassed by the
Gestapo! So the officer calmly tells him of the red light violation.

The 'Motorist' instantly goes on a tirade, questioning the officer's
ancestry, sexual orientation, etc., in rather explicit terms. The
officer, being a professional, takes
it all in stride. The tirade goes on without the cop saying anything.
When he gets done with writing the citation he puts an 'AH' in the lower right corner of the
narrative portion of the citation. He then hands it to the 'Violator'
for his signature.

The guy signs the cite angrily, tearing the paper, and when presented his copy
points to the 'AH' and demands to know what it stands for. The officer then
removes his mirror sunglasses, gets in the middle of the guys face and says,
'That's so when we go to court, I'll remember you're an Ass hole!' Three months
later they are in court. The 'Violator' has such a bad record he is
about to lose his license and has hired an attorney to represent him.

On the stand the officer testifies to seeing the man run the red light.

Under cross examination the defense attorney asks; 'Officer is this a reasonable
facsimile of the citation you issued my client?'

The Officer responds, 'Yes sir, this is the defendant's copy, his signature and
mine, same number at the top.'

Attorney: 'Officer , is there any particular marking or notation on
this citation you
don't normally make?'

Officer: 'Yes sir, in the lower right corner of the narrative there is
an AH, underlined.'

Attorney: 'What does the AH stand for, officer?'

Officer: 'Aggressive and Hostile Sir'

Attorney: 'Aggressive and hostile'

Officer: 'Yes Sir?'

Attorney: 'Officer,,,, Are you sure it doesn't stand for Ass Hole?'

Officer: 'Well Sir, You know your client better than I do!'