Stockton Man Claims Police Ticketed His Car After Social Media Argument
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STOCKTON (CBS13) — A Stockton man claims an officer went onto his private property in the middle of the night to ticket his parked car in retaliation for a Facebook post.
Motecuzoma Sanchez says he was hit with a $300 citation for an expired registration on his car after arguing with Stockton Police on social media.
He has since filed a harassment complaint against the department.
"I believe I was targeted and that this was a veiled threat sending me a message that they could find me and they were retaliating for a debate I had the day before on Facebook," Sanchez said.
Stockton Police issued the following statement: "This has become a personnel matter. The allegations are currently being investigated by our professional standards section."
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