Kicking a hacky-sak
The kid shouldn't have got a ticket.
The cop could have just given him a warning.
That's the problem.
No more warnings.
Just pay up or go to jail. Also if this kid is unlucky enough to not be living at home, and can't pay his fine or realize the seriousness of not paying it, he'll end up in the criminal justice system as an OFFENDER.
That cop sucks. The kid may have been smart-mouthed, maybe the cop had been exactly the same FIRST. Lessons in civility 101.
I had a normal 17 yr. teenage son that seemed to attract all the 19 yr. old green cops. Cops with an attitude. In our small town, they usually were in a minority or had "issues" that made them go into the police force. Just like the Wakenhut probies at the college. Scary indeed.