48th District Court

I don’t know if I’m supposed review courts, but I’m going to anyway. Feel free to delete.
I understand that some people speed and deserve tickets. Hell, I was one of those people over in Lansing. The cop was nice enough to give me a warning (thank goodness for clear driving records). My mom has a clear driving record. The cop said she was speeding in a construction zone that doesn’t exist. She wants to fight it. She also didn’t have her registration on her.
She goes to the court once, to get the registration thing taken off. They said all taken care of.
They mail her a ‘pre hearing’. I understand that it costs the city money to get cops off and what have you. But it also costs people money to take a day off of work to go fight a ticket. So we go, and we see some sort of magistrate who is very rude to my mother and I. He jokes with me, «Are you sure you weren’t the bad driver?»
Lo and behold, this process was stupid. It wasted time, and my mother had to go back another time to fight the ticket with the judge and officer.
Of course, not in a fair manner. Her time was scheduled at 10:30am. The judge told her that she had to give the cop 30 minutes to show up. She had to wait until Noon to show up. Meanwhile, 10 other people in front of her had their case dismissed, while she had to pay a fine, and not get a day of work.
I think this district is just trying to mess with people. Many homes are foreclosed in this area (I should know…) and people can’t afford to take time off work without being worried about a layoff. Your cops have jobs. It doesn’t technically cost you most of anything to have a cop come into court on time.