# What do you do if the police enforce a pre-empted powerless statute against you?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 16, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-the-police-enforce-a-pre-empted-powerless-statute-against-you/499949 "2009-06-16T15:37:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-the-police-enforce-a-pre-empted-powerless-statute-against-you/499949/21 "2009-06-18T21:06:24Z")

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Writing to the Mayor is an interesting idea. Do I have to use some sort of special format or go through a certain channel, or can I just say “State law X says this, which conflicts with Town ordinance Y, and officers in your police force say they intend to enforce Y. What’s the deal, yo?”

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