You didn't have it when you were stopped. That is the moment for which you were ticketed. Your parents are full of crap.
He isn't obligated to hang around while you call your insurance man. Your claims of being profiled will be laughed at, as will your "stack" of excuses.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.