I was on a 4 lane city road at 2AM, in a VW bus, I stopped two car lengths ahead of a RED light. I wanted to see what time a coffee shop opened. Cop flashes his lights and gives me a $300.00 ticket for "impeding the flow of traffic" I was the ONLY car on the road at a red light! asshat. So I go to court and defend myself. The judge tried to make me pay the salary of the officer to come and testify against me. Well I ain't having that! That is clearly a violation of US legal rights. I have a right to be confronted in court, and one does not pay for a right in money.
I ended up in contempt of court with 1000 in fines. I was so mad, I refused to p[ay the clerk and they had me thrown out banging on the damn clerks window yelling you aint gonna see a dime.
I never heard about it again, it's not on my record, and I never paid it.