Florida police forced to apologize after man jailed over license plate frame on rental car

Amanda Plasencia of NBC 6 South Florida says a routine traffic stop near the Hard Rock Casino turned into something much uglier for Demarquize Dawson.

Plasencia reports that Dawson was driving a rental car when a Davie Police officer pulled him over because a license plate frame partially covered a letter in the words “Sunshine State.”

Dawson told Plasencia the officer said, “I’m arresting you because the ‘S’ on your license plate is obscured,” referring to the “S” in “Sunshine.”…

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