Police officer, barber get into verbal altercation over Hwy 182 congestion

Police officer, barber get into verbal altercation over Hwy 182 congestion

STARKVILLE — Larry ‘Luv’ Johnson’s barber shop has struggled financially as the Highway 182 revitalization has torn up streets and forced traffic to back up around his business. But his balance sheet, he told the board of aldermen during its Tuesday night meeting, wasn’t what brought him to City Hall. When Johnson asked a police officer to help him by keeping the entrance to his business clear, and the officer told him he wasn’t a babysitter, it…