Mississippi Trooper-Religious Gift,130 Prayer, and bracelet, void Mississippi speeding ticket

Mississippi Trooper-Religious Gift,130 Prayer, and bracelet, void Mississippi speeding ticket
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi state trooper says he voided a $200 speeding ticket because the driver expressed concern for police safety. The driver also gave the officer an inexpensive wooden bracelet with Christian symbols.

Trooper Jason Ales (AILZ), a Baptist deacon, says he was touched by the sentiment and is keeping the bracelet by his dashboard camera.

The driver, 27-year-old Mike Powers of Nashville, Tennessee, says he’s not “overly religious,” but has been giving similar bracelets to friends.

Powers says he has been upset about recent killings of law enforcement officers around the U.S., so as Ales handed him a ticket Wednesday, Powers said he supports police.

Powers says he donated the fine he would have owed for driving 80 in a 65 mph zone near Oxford to a Mississippi children’s charity.

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Source: NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) Channel 4
Mississippi Trooper-Religious Gift,130 Prayer, and bracelet, void Mississippi speeding ticket

 

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