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DetlefK

(16,670 posts) Wed Feb 28, 2018, 03:13 PM Feb 2018

Off-duty cop kills baby in car-accident. Mother gets charged with homicide. (Yeah, she's black.) [View all]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/off-duty-cop-kills-baby-slamming-car-94-mph-black-mom-charged-homicide/

A Louisiana woman was arrested on homicide charges after an off-duty police officer crashed into the car she was riding in and killed her baby daughter.

Brittany Stephens wasn’t driving when the Baton Rouge police officer wrecked into their car at 94 mph, but police said she failed to properly secure the 1-year-old in her car seat, reported The Advocate.

The 20-year-old Stephens told police she had buckled the child into her seat, but investigators said the girl’s car seat was not secured and the straps were not correctly adjusted for her height.

Officer Christopher Manuel struck a Nissan carrying four adults and four children about 8 p.m. on Oct. 12 while driving his Corvette at speeds approaching 100 mph, police said.

The posted speed limit for that road was 50 mph.

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The 28-year-old Manuel, who was also hospitalized after the crash, was arrested Feb. 16 on one count of negligent homicide in the fatal crash.

The officer will remain on paid administrative leave until an internal investigation wraps up, but the investigation will not begin until he recovers from his injuries and is released to work by a doctor.

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Off-duty cop kills baby in car-accident. Mother gets charged with homicide. (Yeah, she's black.) [View all] DetlefK Feb 2018 OP

ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL! TheDebbieDee Feb 2018 #1

If both actions led to the kid's death, then both should be charged mythology Feb 2018 #9

Gotta love DU somedays kcr Feb 2018 #15

LOL!! pangaia Feb 2018 #26

Sounds like bullshit...straps were not adjusted correctly...sounds like a cop cover up...I hope Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #28

I'm sure his Union will allow him to be tested. In six to eight weeks... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #49

Whether he's a cop or not is not relevant to me. WillowTree Feb 2018 #2

Something sounds fishy. You really think a white mother would've been charged with something... brush Feb 2018 #3

I don't read race into everything. Sorry. WillowTree Feb 2018 #7

I can only imagine the convenience of simplistic thought that decision affords you. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #10

Have a pleasant day. WillowTree Feb 2018 #11

Seven times better than I'd hoped. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #12

You don't have to read race into everything to be aware race plays a difference when it comes uponit7771 Feb 2018 #16

I agree on all points. Spot on. nocalflea Mar 2018 #51

Well I do...and white mothers can shoot their babies accidentally with impunity in some Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #30

Wow. I never heard of a case where the mother, regardless of race....... WillowTree Feb 2018 #33

I am missing the word accidental...I will revise...I am referring to the accidental shooting of kids Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #60

By the way, I take it you didn't follow the link and get a look at the police officer's picture. WillowTree Feb 2018 #13

Doesn't matter the color of the police officer matters the color of the non law enforcement uponit7771 Feb 2018 #17

I didn't bring up the race of the cop. Or the mother, either, for that matter. WillowTree Feb 2018 #20

We care that its specious to argue that someone would KNOW without a doubt that the uponit7771 Feb 2018 #21

Have you installed a child seat in a car recently? WillowTree Feb 2018 #23

They said it was not adjusted for height which is bullshit...and this is after and accident that Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #31

No, it couldn't. WillowTree Feb 2018 #37

I am betting the are basing that on the autopsy results Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #44

The autopsy can tell Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #46

The problem is the word "exactly" which no parent on a jury who's ever dealt ... uponit7771 Mar 2018 #47

If you follow sources you will find she didnt even have the seat buckled into the car Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #58

"speeding, white cop's ass" EL34x4 Feb 2018 #22

Thanks for the info. That changes things. Makes one wonder even more why they don't think... brush Feb 2018 #38

I recon one needs to hire engineers nowdays angstlessk Feb 2018 #4

But he is being charged. WillowTree Feb 2018 #5

With Homicide? angstlessk Feb 2018 #6

Did you read the OP to the end? WillowTree Feb 2018 #8

I did. I think most did not. The title of the article is misleading. The cop WAS charged, too. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #40

RIGHT !!! How in the hell are they going to tell the straps didn't move or anything after 2 tons uponit7771 Feb 2018 #18

See post #23 WillowTree Feb 2018 #24

OK, WT ... read the first line and its BS. Anyone with any experience with child uponit7771 Feb 2018 #25

It isn't a matter of measuring the straps. WillowTree Feb 2018 #29

Yeah and who is to say the evidence wasn't tampered with after the accident...sorry cops have no Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #32

OMG.. Now you really are reaching. WillowTree Feb 2018 #35

+1, she's got witness's saying she strapped the baby in according to regulations the cops ... uponit7771 Feb 2018 #41

There are high rates of car seat misuse kcr Feb 2018 #19

Sorry, but very few backseat car seats would withstand a 94 MPH car sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #14

+1, there's no one in their right mind who's going to argue they know where the car uponit7771 Feb 2018 #27

but but she is Black and they could be in trouble. (sarcasm) Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #34

I sure as hell hope the ACLU is on this one, what an absolute disgrace arthritisR_US Feb 2018 #36

Why? She legally had a responsibility to ensure the child was properly secured Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #43

Another expected post from you! Nt USALiberal Mar 2018 #48

The officer was charged, too. Article title suggests only the mother was. Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #39

When I was a deputy one of the things that NEVER let pass was kids not secured Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #42

How many fellow cops did you let slide for speeding or DUI or other traffic offenses? Tell the truth Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #50

None Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #52

It's funny. I've known dozens of cops in real life. Cops who never met or knew each other. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #55

There is no 90+ mph crash safety rating on these seats. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #45

Story on the incident from a different source than raw story... PoliticAverse Mar 2018 #53

Thank you. nt. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #54

The biggest problem is....... WillowTree Mar 2018 #56

I think you might be right about the state of the seat. I'm not completely sure. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #57

Would be interesting to know Egnever Mar 2018 #59