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(NewsNation) — An Alabama man says he's willing to serve 30 days in jail rather than apologize to a police officer as ordered by a municipal judge after being accused of disrespecting the officer during a traffic stop.
"Yes, I'll go to jail for 30, 60 days, whatever they want me to do so I can prove my point … we got rights. So if we don't stand up for them we'll never have," Reginald Burks said Monday on NewsNation's "On Balance."
The case stems from a speeding ticket Burks received in Ozark, Alabama. Municipal Judge Nicholas Bull required Burks to write a letter of apology to the officer who pulled him over after Burks allegedly told the officer "get your @ss out the way" so he could get his kids to school.
If Burks fails to apologize by June 4, he faces 30 days in jail. He was charged with speeding for going 3 mph over the posted speed limit.
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(NewsNation) — An Alabama man says he's willing to serve 30 days in jail rather than apologize to a police officer as ordered by a municipal judge after being accused of disrespecting the officer during a traffic stop.
"Yes, I'll go to jail for 30, 60 days, whatever they want me to do so I can prove my point … we got rights. So if we don't stand up for them we'll never have," Reginald Burks said Monday on NewsNation's "On Balance."
The case stems from a speeding ticket Burks received in Ozark, Alabama. Municipal Judge Nicholas Bull required Burks to write a letter of apology to the officer who pulled him over after Burks allegedly told the officer "get your @ss out the way" so he could get his kids to school.
If Burks fails to apologize by June 4, he faces 30 days in jail. He was charged with speeding for going 3 mph over the posted speed limit.
Alabama man willing to serve jail time for not apologizing to cop
Reginald Burks paid a $200 speeding ticket in municipal court, but Judge Nicholas Bull of Ozark, Alabama, added an unusual requirement.
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