JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi state trooper said he voided a $200 speeding ticket because the driver expressed concern for police safety. The driver, from Nashville, also gave the officer an inexpensive wooden bracelet with Christian symbols.
Trooper Jason Ales, a Baptist deacon, said he was touched by the sentiment and has been keeping the bracelet by his dashboard camera.
The driver, 27-year-old Mike Powers of Nashville, Tennessee, said he's not "overly religious," but has been giving similar bracelets to friends.
Powers said he has been upset about recent killings of law enforcement officers around the U.S., so as Ales handed him a ticket Wednesday, Powers said he supports police.
Powers said he donated the fine he would have owed for driving 80 in a 65 mph zone near Oxford to a Mississippi children's charity.
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