Brett Sanders was a very unhappy man after he was convicted of speeding for being nine miles over the speed limit in Texas.
Sanders was given a fine of $212 (€189.78) at court after a jury found him guilty of driving 39 miles an hour in a 30 zone. The driver himself labelled the fine “extortion”.
So Brett devised a devious plan to pay off his fine in thousands of pennies and document it all on video. The plot included buying stocks of pennies from local banks and then shovelling them into especially painted black buckets.
On the buckets Brett added the slogans “policing for profit” and “extortion money” as part of his protest. The clip then follows him into the municipal court where he dumps 22,000 pennies on the unsuspecting clerk’s counter.
As he is leaving he then rudely tells the clerk to mail him the receipt.
Four hours later the court telephoned Brett to tell him he’d over paid by $7.81 (€6.99), he told them to keep it.
The video has got more than a million views on YouTube since last week.
We think Brett made his point.