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Woman spent 6 years fighting ticket in Woodworth, LA
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:46 am
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:46 am
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A truck driver from Rapid City, S.D., wrote: "I have logged over 1 million miles. Nowhere in this country have I found a worst speed trap than in that stinking armpit of a town called Woodworth, LA."
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Patricia Parker lived in Alexandria, where, according to the state audit, traffic fines accounted for only 1 percent of the budget. But to get to work — she was a cook at a Methodist conference center, at the end of a long private road — she needed to go through Woodworth.
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The reason I stopped her is because the vehicle turned down Methodist Parkway about six in the morning and it was still dark. And the Methodist Parkway is some buildings back there. Also, at that time there was a deputy and his family that lived back there. So I stopped her to see what — what was going on and why they was going back there."
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Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:56 am to Commandeaux
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she was a cook at a Methodist conference center,
What an unfortunate job title.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 10:58 am to Commandeaux
That's all this little shite town is good for. Just like cheneyville
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:02 am to Tassin13
I don't get why they paint this as a race issue in the article. Those towns don't give a rats arse about any color other than green.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:02 am to Commandeaux
I like the way the whole thing morphs into race. Woodworth is an equal opportunity speed trap.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:04 am to Commandeaux
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"Why they was going back there"
Wow
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:05 am to Commandeaux
you have to read the entire decision, to understand the level of hubris of the mayor and police force. had the woman appealed the award, the court of appeal would have maxed it out.
A buddy and i got stopped at 4am some years ago in Woodworth, pulling a 19' Bayhawk with a 1985 Chevy S-10. Officer says we were doing 65mph. We laughed, and said the S-10 couldn't go that fast going downhill with a tailwind while pulling that boat, and he let us off. Of course, we're two white dudes with JDs, not a poor black woman working as a cook at the Methodist conference Center. Mock me all you want, but that makes a difference.
A buddy and i got stopped at 4am some years ago in Woodworth, pulling a 19' Bayhawk with a 1985 Chevy S-10. Officer says we were doing 65mph. We laughed, and said the S-10 couldn't go that fast going downhill with a tailwind while pulling that boat, and he let us off. Of course, we're two white dudes with JDs, not a poor black woman working as a cook at the Methodist conference Center. Mock me all you want, but that makes a difference.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:08 am to Catman88
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Methodist conference center,
I was at this place on Sunday...beautiful piece of property.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:10 am to Chaplain
would be a great spot for a disc golf course
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:12 am to Tassin13
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That's all this little shite town is good for. Just like cheneyville
You shut your whore mouth
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:15 am to Commandeaux
Woodworth is a huge speedtrap. Just check out the municipal buildings all of those tickets have built. The cops also have brand new Ford Explorers decked out with all of the latest gadgets. When you pull off of 49 to go to Woodworth, make sure you are doing below the speed limit! There will be a cop waiting on your arrival to town. 
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Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:22 am to Commandeaux
LA has some bad ones but I will put the small town just east of Waco up against anything we have.
I got pulled over there by an officer that was sitting under the sign that lowered the speed limit coming into town. He shot me before I got to the sign and came up with some explanation of "you have to slow down as soon as you can see the sign." He then presented me with a STAMPED AND ADDRESSED ENVELOPE and instructions to make the check out TO THE JUDGE. The check went to a P.O. box in the town. Think about that for a minute. On the upside, no record of the ticket on my drivers license or insurance. Basically, I got robbed.
I was so pissed, I actually did miss the sign going into the next town and was speeding. An officer there pulled me over and, after I told him about the last town, he just laughed and let me go saying there were a "bunch of crooks."
I got pulled over there by an officer that was sitting under the sign that lowered the speed limit coming into town. He shot me before I got to the sign and came up with some explanation of "you have to slow down as soon as you can see the sign." He then presented me with a STAMPED AND ADDRESSED ENVELOPE and instructions to make the check out TO THE JUDGE. The check went to a P.O. box in the town. Think about that for a minute. On the upside, no record of the ticket on my drivers license or insurance. Basically, I got robbed.
I was so pissed, I actually did miss the sign going into the next town and was speeding. An officer there pulled me over and, after I told him about the last town, he just laughed and let me go saying there were a "bunch of crooks."
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:27 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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In Woodworth, the percentage of the budget funded by traffic scofflaws came to a rather stunning 61 percent. (Even more stunning? Woodworth was No. 7 on the list. Baskin finished tops, collecting 87 percent of its revenue from traffic tickets. That northeastern Louisiana town had 188 people — and five police cars.)
The report, detailing fiscal years 2004 through 2006, showed that with each year, Woodworth collected more money. In 2005, the town wrote 5,858 tickets and collected $818,262.66; the next year, that total was 7,696 tickets and $1,017,418.58. Woodworth reported having five police officers — which would mean, in fiscal year 2006, each officer wrote an average of 1,539 tickets.
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Woodworth is an equal opportunity speed trap.
I think minorities can have a rougher go of interactions with police, just b/c the cops think they can get away with it. I have no problem believing that cops in Woodworth are crooked, that seems very obvious to me.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:30 am to Commandeaux
just wrong!!!
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:31 am to Commandeaux
"Stay outta the Woodworth's"
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:32 am to Commandeaux
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So I stopped her to see what — what was going on and why they was going back there."
He sounds like a real smart mother fricker.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:37 am to Rebelgator
I wouldn't stop and buy a piece of gum in Woodworth.
What would be funny if a few thousand would fight their tickets and keep them tied up in court and cost them money.
What would be funny if a few thousand would fight their tickets and keep them tied up in court and cost them money.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:39 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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I like the way the whole thing morphs into race. Woodworth is an equal opportunity speed trap.
I agree in part-- they pull over anyone, anywhere. But in this particular case, it's hard NOT to draw that conclusion. Even the court came to that conclusion:
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After Parker was pulled over, another vehicle turned onto the same private road — and was allowed to travel on. "Absent a traffic violation, so far as can be gleaned from this record, the only visible attribute of Parker and her passengers that might have distinguished them from other motorists turning on Methodist Parkway was they are all African Americans," the court wrote. "There simply is no other distinguishing thing that can be surmised."
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:40 am to lsuhunt555
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I bet he is still on the police force.
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Officer Godwin's testimony demonstrates that he genuinely believes he has a right to make these 'check-em-out stops' and that this is normal procedure for the police officers of the Town of Woodworth," the court wrote. "Godwin's testimony shows a complete lack of knowledge of the restraints imposed upon police conduct by the U.S. Constitution and the laws and Constitution of the State of Louisiana."
I bet he is still on the police force.
Posted on 8/10/15 at 11:42 am to Commandeaux
Best Woodworth ticket paying story I ever heard: My in-laws were military at England AFB back in the 80s and 90s. They had a single buddy who got a $200 something ticket there, and he went on his lunch break-- at 11:30 am to pay his fine in person. He paid in pennies.
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