Post by Robert Braun on Apr 18, 2002 12:08:53 GMT -5
A Fox News/AP copyrighted story, April 18,2002
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Prof Fights to Keep 'Dixie' Off License Plate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A criminal justice professor is fighting a ticket she got for covering up part of the "Heart of Dixie" logo on her Alabama license plate.
Karen Taylor said she placed a piece of red-and-white tape over the word "Dixie" 10 years ago in protest of what she says is the song's racist heritage. She said nobody ever objected until a police officer pulled her over for speeding last month.
Taylor, who teaches at Alabama State University, got a ticket for going 51 miles-per-hour in a 35-mph zone. The cop also gave her a ticket for covering the word "Dixie" on her license plate.
Taylor paid the $118 speeding fine, but she fought the tag violation.
Montgomery Police spokesman Sgt. Huey Thornton said Taylor broke the law and the officer acted properly.
Thornton said Alabama's criminal code requires that all plates have a conventionalized representation of a heart and the words 'Heart of Dixie' on them.
Taylor's case was originally set to be heard on Wednesday, but it was postponed until August.
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Prof Fights to Keep 'Dixie' Off License Plate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A criminal justice professor is fighting a ticket she got for covering up part of the "Heart of Dixie" logo on her Alabama license plate.
Karen Taylor said she placed a piece of red-and-white tape over the word "Dixie" 10 years ago in protest of what she says is the song's racist heritage. She said nobody ever objected until a police officer pulled her over for speeding last month.
Taylor, who teaches at Alabama State University, got a ticket for going 51 miles-per-hour in a 35-mph zone. The cop also gave her a ticket for covering the word "Dixie" on her license plate.
Taylor paid the $118 speeding fine, but she fought the tag violation.
Montgomery Police spokesman Sgt. Huey Thornton said Taylor broke the law and the officer acted properly.
Thornton said Alabama's criminal code requires that all plates have a conventionalized representation of a heart and the words 'Heart of Dixie' on them.
Taylor's case was originally set to be heard on Wednesday, but it was postponed until August.