A Stockton man claims a citation he received was in retaliation to comments he made on Facebook about Stockton police officers.Motecuzoma Sanchez said he woke up the day after Christmas and found a pink citation on his silver Jaguar for an expired license plate." was here in the middle of the night. That to me was starting to feel like it was a threat," Sanchez said.His registration is expired, but according to California Vehicle Code, cars must be on public property to be cited. Sanchez said his car hasn't moved from the driveway in two months. In order to see the expired tag, someone has to walk onto the property and behind the car.Sanchez said two days prior, he posted comments criticizing the Stockton Police Department and got into a Facebook spat with a few users. Sanchez then said on Facebook he would file a complaint with Stockton police because he believed the Facebook users were officers.He claims that's why his car was cited."I look at it kind of like the modern day law enforcement equivalent to leaving a fish wrapped up in a newspaper on somebody's door step like in ‘The Godfather,’" Sanchez said.The officer who wrote the ticket has been suspended with pay. Police issued a statement saying:"An allegation of this type is serious in nature and is not what the Stockton Police Department is about. If an allegation like this is proven true, very significant action would take place."Sanchez said he's hoping for more."I think the department has no choice other than to let this officer go," he said.The citation has since been thrown out.

A Stockton man claims a citation he received was in retaliation to comments he made on Facebook about Stockton police officers.

Motecuzoma Sanchez said he woke up the day after Christmas and found a pink citation on his silver Jaguar for an expired license plate.


"[The officer] was here in the middle of the night. That to me was starting to feel like it was a threat," Sanchez said.

His registration is expired, but according to California Vehicle Code, cars must be on public property to be cited. Sanchez said his car hasn't moved from the driveway in two months. In order to see the expired tag, someone has to walk onto the property and behind the car.

Sanchez said two days prior, he posted comments criticizing the Stockton Police Department and got into a Facebook spat with a few users. Sanchez then said on Facebook he would file a complaint with Stockton police because he believed the Facebook users were officers.

He claims that's why his car was cited.

"I look at it kind of like the modern day law enforcement equivalent to leaving a fish wrapped up in a newspaper on somebody's door step like in ‘The Godfather,’" Sanchez said.

The officer who wrote the ticket has been suspended with pay. Police issued a statement saying:

"An allegation of this type is serious in nature and is not what the Stockton Police Department is about. If an allegation like this is proven true, very significant action would take place."

Sanchez said he's hoping for more.

"I think the department has no choice other than to let this officer go," he said.

The citation has since been thrown out.