While I will admit that flipping a cop or his SUV the bird while you’ve got outstanding arrest warrants isn’t the smartest thing to do, I didn’t realize it gave cops the right to give people the business.

I seriously doubt this plain clothes sheriff was just innocently driving along when he was given the offending gesture. They provide no evidence, but most likely he was being somewhat of a jerk or a road warrior when an Indiana woman gave him the bird. But what happened next sounds a lot like harrassment. (emphasis mine)

Officers pulled her over and ran a routine check on her license plate. The check turned up outstanding warrants for the woman and her husband.

To top it off, officials say they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the car.

A routine check? Is it routine to pull people over and run their information, or is that treatment reserved for those who dare to express their dissatisfaction with another driver who, in this case, turned out to be a police officer?

I am truly conflicted. On the one hand I have little sympathy for someone with outstanding arrest warrants, while on the other hand I cannot help but think this woman was being unfairly singled out.