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With morons like this in the police, no wonder motorists like the one who drove into the back of me last year can get away with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some policemen it seems can do nothing other than wave their warrant card around to try and get one over on the public. Today for instance, a driver behind me was hooting and flashing. 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