Traffic Police

Khartoum is a pretty congested city.
Designed by the British as a sleepy Administrative town,it;s since exploded into a sprawling, overcrowded city.
Naturally the streets were not designed for such capacities and since city planners are unheard of here,the problem compounded.
Enter the traffic police.
Dressed in chalky white uniforms{which look oppressively hot} ,they man the main intersections,supposedly redirecting traffic.
Other duties include random stops to check license and registration ,check for tinted windows{illegal except for government officials and hotshots or people who can pay the bribe} etc.This is a source of income to the force ,so bribes or not they are pretty enthusiastic about fining you for something as this will likely help pay there measly salaries.
They generally lurk around a bend in the road and pop out in front of your car with gleeful expressions{gotcha bitch!}.
This in turn causes mayhem as rickshaws{which are not licensed for main roads but drive along them anyway}and unlicensed cars bust U-Turns and peel out the other way.
The other day I was pulled over{the officer jumped in front of my car and banged the hood also with a gleeful gotcha bitch! expression}.
I handed over my license and registration.After frowning over them he asked me to turn on my lights.Finding nothing amiss he asked me if I had a fire extinguisher at which point I lost it and started bellowing.He looked me over and waved me off,looking for easier fish.
Some incidents I've witnessed at these impromptu traffic stops:
-A rickshaw driver gunning straight for the traffic police{trying to scare him off the road I guess},and the traffic cop pulling a spectacular spin{pivoted on his right foot anti-clockwise} then diving in the backseat of the speeding rickshaw in one smooth motion.Needless to say as I pulled over{along with everybody else},I found the officer choking the rickshaw driver and screaming very colorful expletives.People actually cheered him on.
-A rickshaw driver tried to swerve away from the officer{with the gleeful gotcha bitch! expression} and flipped over the rickshaw.The officer pulled him out of the overturned rickshaw and started slapping it at which point the driver beat the lights out of the traffic cop{people also cheered him on}.
-An old lady with questionable driving skills got freaked out by the traffic police jumping out in front of her and pressed the gas pedal in lieu of the brakes.Traffic police flies in the air and lands on her hood then rolls to the ground.She opened the door walked around and took a look at him and burst into sobs.The traffic police got up,dusted himself off and disgustedly waved her off{still sobbing}while his colleagues held on to each other and bend over laughing.
-An old man pulling out a horsewhip from his trunk and chasing the traffic police around his car{he really was nimble too}while people tried to calm him down.No idea what he was stopped for.
-Two traffic police wrestling with a young driver and him heaving like a bull and throwing them both off.People intervened and he was walked to his car and the cops made no move to stop him.No idea what sparked the altercation.