Editing Fruithurst, Alabama (section)

==History==

Fruithurst once had a reputation for being a notorious speed trap along [[US Highway 78]]. Abuse of policing reached such an extent that in 1975 Alabama Attorney General [[Bill Baxley]] set up an office in the town, personally pledging to provide criminal defense to any person arrested or cited in the town.<ref>{{cite news | title= 'Worst Speed Trap in Nation Disbands Police Department' | pages= 59 | newspaper= The New York Times | location= New York, NY | date= May 4, 1975 | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/04/archives/worst-speed-trap-in-nation-disbands-police-department.html | access-date= January 28, 2022}}</ref> Additionally [[Reason (magazine)|Reason magazine]] reported in May 2022 that, "...one case involved a woman arrested for traveling 58 in a 55-mph zone. She was also charged with transporting untaxed liquor—a half-empty miniature bottle of liqueur in her purse..." stating this was, "...both an abuse of law enforcement powers and a mockery of the very idea of legitimate traffic safety enforcement."<ref name="11 Insanely Corrupt Speed-Trap Towns – Reason magazine">{{cite web |last1=CIARAMELLA |first1=C.J. |title=11 Insanely Corrupt Speed-Trap Towns |url=https://reason.com/2022/05/08/11-insanely-corrupt-speed-trap-towns/ |website=reason.com |publisher=Reason |access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref>