bad idea Oct. 8, 2011

Man Posing as Cop Pulls Over Actual (Undercover) Cop

By Andre Tartar

A New Mexico man who’d already skipped out on reckless driving charges thought it’d be a good idea to impersonate a police officer, turning on the strobe lights in his white Chevy Tahoe and pulling over what turned out to be an undercover cop. [AP]

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