Raw video: Man burns red light ticket

Michael Skadden is burning mad. The Houston attorney was ticketed in February for running a red light at the Southwest Freeway and Fountainview by one of the city of Houston’s controversial red light cameras.

When he refused to pay the $75 fine the city sent him another notice and then another.

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Houstonian burns ticket instead of paying fine.

Nevertheless, Skadden has no intention of paying. Wednesday he set afire his ticket and offense notices. The former ACLU official claims the citations are unconstitutional and in letters to the city has told authorities as much.

He considers the red light tickets little more than a traffic tax and “Orwellian in character.”

Even as he refuses to pay there is not much the city can do criminally since the citations are considered civil fines. The city could seek a judgment against Skadden and others who refuse to pay.