A Miami police officer initially gave a speeder who claimed to be a Florida Highway Patrol trooper a break — but it was a kindness that he came to regret and quickly corrected, records show.
The Miami police officer was working at 8:50 a.m. last Thursday in the area of Northwest Seventh Avenue and 11th Street in Miami’s Overtown area just before the traffic stop, according to the police arrest report.
“I observed a red motorcycle traveling southbound and visually estimated the motorcycle traveling higher than the posted speed limit,” the officer wrote, according to the report. “I activated my laser and obtained a digital reading of 48 mph on a posted 30 mph zone.”…