Spanish woman fined for posting picture of police parked in disabled bay

Found on The Guardian on Sunday, 16 August 2015
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The unnamed woman, a resident of Petrer in Alicante, south-east Spain, posted the photo on her Facebook page with the comment “Park where you bloody well please and you won’t even be fined”.

Asked how the photo had put the police at risk, he said the officers felt the woman had impugned their honour by posting the picture and referred the incident to the town hall authorities. “We would have preferred a different solution but they have the legal right to impose the fine,” Portillo said.

Why did she complain at all? Looks like the police parked exactly where they are supposed to park before enforcing such laws.