While this story is sadly not surprising (cops are largely revenue generators, after all), I think the most disturbing thing might be the victim's response.

“I got a ticket for something that I was close as I could be to resolving,” Nick Berlin said. “I don’t know if he’s a no-nonsense kind of cop, it was definitely a bummer,” he added.

That's the Stockholm Syndrome of statist indoctrination right there. The reference to a "no-nonsense cop" is indicative of the "well it's the law" mentality. In the word(s) of the Mango Mussolini, "Sad!"