A local official in Paulsboro, New Jersey, got very upset when police pulled him over for supposedly not fully stopping at a stop sign.
He even threatened to complain to the police chief.
Councilmember Theodore Holloway was caught on police body camera video from January 4th, saying to the officer, “You act like I’m running around here with a gun and smoking weed. I’m the one who hired you. I brought you on.”
The officer replied, “Really?”
Holloway insisted, “Yes! Absolutely. On your camera,” pointing at the body camera. “I put you on.”
He also pointed out, “You actually pulled over an elected official. You’re not pulling over just anyone.”
Holloway repeatedly emphasized that the traffic stop shouldn’t have happened, often mentioning his position as a council member. He said, “Don’t think I’m not going to talk to Gary about this,” referring to Police Chief Gary Kille.
The officer asked, “What does that have to do with anything?”
Holloway replied, “It has a lot to do with it.”
The officer had initially pulled Holloway over for allegedly rolling through a stop sign. Holloway claimed, “I did stop. As much as I could stop.” The officer, however, maintained that Holloway didn’t come to a complete stop.
Later, Holloway asked a second officer who arrived at the scene, “You know who I am, right?”
While the first officer let Holloway go without a ticket for the stop sign, he did give him a ticket for driving with an expired car registration. The registration had expired in July 2024.
Holloway hasn’t yet responded to requests for comment.