OK, just for arguments sake lets say Flint did everything short of spitting on the cop. Fine, so in retaliation the cop pushes to the full extent of the law and throws the book at him. The cop can do that, he's been given a certain amount of leeway to use his discretion.
But the cop lying to Flint, as to the procedure he must follow in his path of "rehabilitation" to upstanding citizen, is a big no-no. Completely unacceptable!
I still think it's a courthouse screw-up.
