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Brickbat: Drive On

Charles Oliver | 1.4.2013 6:00 AM


Rashad Lewis was a bit surprised to get a ticket for running a red light. He was in a New York City jail when a camera caught his Mercedes-Benz convertble running the light. It seems that someone who worked for the police department took his car for a spin while he was being detained on charges of possessing forged credit cards.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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