Question: I feel as though i was mistreated. today while i was on my lunch break i took one of the vendors who does a-lot of work for me at my place of employement. we went two blocks from the job, on our way back we saw traffic was at a stand still, as we turned into a parking lot on the left enclosed by an iron gate to get out of traffic i noticed it was a police check point. i told the driver and he stoped in a parking spot to look for his License. he told me he didnt have his license on him. he asked me if i had a license i said yes and agreed to drive us back to work. as soon as i got my seat belt buckeled apolice officer pulled up and apporoached us. he asked what did we just do and i told him "my friend doesnt have his liscence on him but i have mines. he took us both out of the car put us in handcuffs that i still have marks from 7 hours after the incident. i explained to him i didnt know i did anything wrong, and that i wasnt trying to run. since i was honest from the begining i didnt understand the hostility. he ran the car tag and my information and my friends, as he threatened to take us to jail i explained that we work across the street and that we have APD officers that work with us that could vouch and verify who he where and that the he was blowing the situation out of control. after communicating with a sgt that was at my job he agreed to not take us to jail. he gave me citation for evading the police, obstruction,and allowing someone to drive with no license. in my mind after he verified the information and listening to our reasons and explanation was i mistreated, and should i get an attorney or will a public defender or judge understand, and be able to resolve this.
Answer: Understand what? You went out to lunch with a person that does not have his driver's license. When he informed you he did not have his license, you agreed to drive his vehicle back to work. The police stopped you and asked you what was going on, and you politely explained that the passenger did not have a license and that you agreed to drive his car back to the office. Neither the police nor I am stupid. With that story, the police would have arrested your friend for driving on a suspended license, or driving on no license, and that would have been the end of it. However, I suspect that you started running your mouth, about why the police were stopping you, and how you had to get back to work as if the police were inconveniencing you. And the police gave you a lesson in inconvenience. The public defender has real cases to deal with, and the judge will probably not be all that sympathetic, so you need to retain an attorney.
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