A Broward County man who took on state troopers over a seemingly obscured license plate, while brazenly wearing a t-shirt that read ‘F***the police’ says, he still won his case in court.
Michael Burns says he was unfairly targeted by officers who became angry that he recorded them on video breaking up a roadside gathering along Highway 27 in Broward County. Writing on Liveleak.com, Burns also says, it was public property and he was told the group was being kicked out to “ruin their fun.”
Burns said, he routinely records cops and recorded the break up of the group of about 10 people and was himself asked to leave the area. He drove off in his vehicle.
“As soon as I left, a Broward County Sheriff started following me,” Burns writes on Liveleak.com. He says he was pulled over by the same officer that had kicked him off the public property and surrounded by 6 other cop cars.
An officer forced him to remove a Fraternal Order of Police sticker which the cop claimed was partially obstructing the numbers of his license plate, Burns says.
“I refused to answer any of his questioned [sic] and advised him I would see him in court to fight it when he told me I had to take it off,” writes Burns.
After weighing the evidence, a Florida judge ruled that the state hadn’t met the burden of proof.
“I went to court wearing a shirt that said “F*** the Police,”‘ he writes. “I somehow still manage [sic] to win.”
