there are times i just can't understand the actions of the 'heros' who have absolute authority over our lives, and this is certainly one of those;

New Braunfels, TX — When police aren’t kidnapping, caging, and killing people for possessing substances deemed illegal by the state, in turn creating a criminal black market for them which drives up crime, they are out enforcing traffic laws. Any number of arbitrary traffic infractions can and will lead to your extortion, arrest, imprisonment, or in the case of Philando Castile, death. Policing for profit in the United States is the norm.

As the following case illustrates, as police officers extort the masses and violate the rights of citizens in the process, they are almost never held accountable. It is the taxpayers who foot the bill instead.

Over the years we’ve reported on stories of people being assaulted, arrested and even killed over stops for victimless crimes like dark window tint, no seat belt, and burned out license plate lights. However, in a decade of police accountability, we’ve never seen someone stopped and nearly killed for a dirty license plate — until recently.

Officer Kaleb Meyer with the New Braunfels Police Department is a tyrant who pulled over Clarence Crawford last year, and nearly killed him over a dirty license plate.

This week, Crawford’s attorney announced a lawsuit against the department after his client suffered embarrassment and mental anguish after being forcibly removed from his car and tasered by an apparently racist cop for a dirty license plate.

“NBPD’s reckless failure to formally address Defendant Meyer’s conduct risks other jurisdictions hiring him without knowledge of his history of racial animus, racial profiling, and dangerous and reckless conduct on the job,” the lawsuit says.........read and watch more......