Many people are clowning the Michigan motorist Corey Harriswho recently went viral after taking part in a mock hearing to answer a charge of driving with a suspended license while visibly still driving with a suspended license.
Washtenaw County Judge Cedric Simpson couldn't believe Harris had the nerve to appear on camera while driving, and revoked the defendant's bond and ordered him to surrender by 6 p.m. that day.
Harris has since spoken about how “embarrassing” the incident was, but now, people are questioning whether he should have been put in the position he was in the first place, given that his license should not have been suspended at the time he was charged. .
“It's very embarrassing,” he said 7 Detroit News. “With the type of ties I have with the church and the community, it's very upsetting.”
When asked what he was thinking about calling into the mock audition while he was driving, he explained that his wife had to go to the hospital and that was all he was concerned about.
“What was I thinking? I was thinking about getting my wife medical help. That's what I was thinking,” Harris said. “I wasn't thinking about the fact that I got a suspended license. I'm not interested in all that.”
The 44-year-old then dropped the bombshell that added a layer to his story that people probably hadn't considered: his license shouldn't have been suspended in the first place.
From 7 News:
“They were supposed to pick it up two years ago, but they didn't,” Harris said.
Secretary of State records show Harris' license was first suspended in 2010 for unpaid child support in Saginaw County.
Then in 2022, court records show a judge overturned that suspension, allowing Harris to drive again. But it appears the information never reached the Secretary of State, where even as of Thursday afternoon, Harris' license was still listed as suspended — the police and the judge were going through the same records.
Harris spent two days in jail. And on Thursday, Harris said he returned to the Secretary of State to try to resolve the issue.
Harris said, “Always check behind these workers because they'll say they're going to do something and they don't,” Harris said.
Thus, Harris spent two years without being able to legally drive—which can turn a person's life and ability to support themselves upside down—because law enforcement officers were not up to their job.
Maybe the people on social media who were trolling Harris really do owe him an apology.