re: Idiot woman turns $80 ticket into a felony charge

Cop was justified in his actions.

But I am still trying to figure out how all of this protected the public. Furthermore, the $1500 or so the lady ended up paying probably cost 10x more in administrative time and paperwork for the city.

These same LEO's will let illegals walk on traffic violations because they don't habla, have no license, and the LEO's don't care to be bothered to arrest them.

I would like this same rigid standard applied across the board if we are going to start talking about justified police action.