I don't codone this dudes actions, but this type of thing will happen more and more because govenrnment no longer fears the wrath of citizens. Citizens do not exist to serve government, government exists to serve its citizens. Beaurocrats and politicians tend to forget this.
They don't forget it; once you're past the age of 12 you'll realize it's just not true.
I have a company truck that I parked in front of my house once. I got a 100 dollar ticket. Now I park it in the company lot and walk home. Oh no, it's a huge 5 minute inconvenience for me.
Most small towns do not allow business cars (labeled with logos) parked on residential streets. Saying they should've ticketed one van instead of all 7 is saying they should only put every 7th killer in jail and let the rest go.
Calling this idiot a "man trying to make an honest living" is just stupid. He operated his business without a license; he didn't have a place of business. Residential streets are not private property, they're "public" (i.e. city property). You can't just do whatever you want. If that were so, every company out there would park their company trucks, vans, semis on the street.
Cops are dickheads, we all know this. But as kiwiol said, they have to meet a quota or lose their job. their paycheck has to come from somewhere. This idiot and his 7 trucks are an easy way to make quota.
And as I believe goatboy once said, it's not the police's job to be our personal bodyguards. whoever said they should be "out preventing crime instead of hassling people", get your head out of your ass. they indirectly prevent crime by researching and finding offenders AFTER the crime's been committed and punishing them. you cannot ever pre emptively prevent a crime.
114 lines on his criminal record? yeah, sounds like a human to me. i'm glad he got killed.