didn’t even know there was a warrant from a ticket i got 6 months ago. 2 days in county. they kept me for a day after the judge ordered my release. said I “slipped through the cracks”

for expired tags. stripped searched, kept in holding alone all night with nothing but a concrete slab to sleep on and a combined toilet / water fountain. they took my fingerprints, scanned my eyes, made me undress in front of them again, put me in a block, and made me wait. they didn’t give me a phone account to call on, didn’t give a fuck, and lost me in their system.

for expired license tags

I knew prison sucked, I’ve hated cops for longer than I can remember, but the cruelty first hand of this system will stick with me forever, and I was only there two days. nothing can communicate what prison is other than being there. it is just a torture facility, nothing else.

i only got out because of DSA comrades annoying them on outside, otherwise I would probably have been in there at least another day.

fuck 12

  • downloadmydad [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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    9 months ago

    so things happened in this order

    get ticket for expired tags month ago > try to pay it but their system does not show me the ticket (system sucks ass) > forget about ticket > they send the reminder to the wrong address > ticket becomes “failure to appear” because I have not paid it > i stupidly think the ticket was dropped or something > judge signs warrant which is sent to wrong address > i’m driving a bit, get pulled over for expired tags again (i forgor and barely drive) > i am surprised to learn I have a warrant, they cuff me, and extradite me 90 miles away to the town i was originally pulled over in

    so it technically wasn’t for expired tags, it was for not paying a ticket or not going to court

    i guess