He told the judge that the police officer’s accusations were false. He tried to prove this by claiming that right before he drove through the stop sign a red pick-up truck crossed the intersection (interestingly, also rolling past the stop sign). I think Wes was trying to blame the police officer of intentionally bullying him, but an alternatively if there was a F-150 crossing the intersection Wes would have had to stop, otherwise they would have collided.

Ultimately, the judge argues that since the police officer was stopped, he was in a better position to decide whether or not Wes had really stopped at the stop sign.

Ultimately, these types of trials hold the police officer’s words over the defendants. Knowing full well that all police departments are currently suffering from budget setbacks, they have seriously intensified their campaign to distribute tickets (to create revenue). At midnight, with an empty road, what is to stop a police officer from pulling you over, falsely charging you with a traffic violation, and then blatantly lying in court? Nothing.

Our current justice system is flawed from the very basic levels to the highest.