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avebury

(10,952 posts)
14. She should be consulting an attorney about
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 04:23 PM
Aug 2014

suing the living daylights out of those cops and their police force. The color of the vehicle was not even close to the car that was called in. While everyone may not know makes and models of cars they generally get the color of the vehicle right. The original report did not state anything about a grown woman in the car which should have been the first clue that the cops screwed up. Those children are going to be traumatized and the police need to be paying for the cost of therapy that those children will need.

As a white person, stuff like this makes me beyond angry. We live in a country where one group of people have to have to talk to their children about what can happen to them in the outside world and another group of people who are just as apt to be perceived to be illegals then citizens just because of their ethnic background. Children in this country should never have to be raised with a sense of fear just because of what racial, ethnic or religous background they belong to.

It seems like the only group that can have a smidgeon of belief that the police are out there to protect and serve are the white people (particularly "Christians&quot . Equality just does not exist to any other groups.

On a positive note she wasn't shot dead, neither was her 6 year old son who approached the cops. Autumn Aug 2014 #1
That was my first thought, too. She's lucky they didn't just start pumping bullets into her car. Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #3
I am reminded of the two women who were shot at a gazillion times tblue37 Aug 2014 #21
That was the incident I was thinking of, also. Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #31
OMG! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #54
Those must be the good cops I keep hearing about, then. Iggo Aug 2014 #19
Sick, but that was my first thought, as well etherealtruth Aug 2014 #23
Had it been four young black men on their way home from school Autumn Aug 2014 #25
You just gave me the chills MoleyRusselsWart Aug 2014 #35
I actually laughed when I read your response, because it is true and so god damn sad BaggersRDumb Aug 2014 #59
FFS Kalidurga Aug 2014 #2
Yeah, we should start a 'leavethepolicealone' thread. SummerSnow Aug 2014 #8
better put a sarc tag on it just in case Kalidurga Aug 2014 #12
I am going out on a limb to assume this woman and her little ones were black Chemisse Aug 2014 #45
Well that clearly exonerates the police. Kalidurga Aug 2014 #48
Is this a joke? NOLALady Aug 2014 #4
Everyone makes mistakes. The OUTRAGE is how the woman was treated. Viva_Daddy Aug 2014 #5
Tan car with four adult males. Red car with one adult female and four small children. Iggo Aug 2014 #22
+1,000 malaise Aug 2014 #37
PLUS ONE! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #56
The car wasn't even the right color. Not even close. Brigid Aug 2014 #6
They didn't care about the color of the car theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #11
This!! + A brazillion! nt tblue37 Aug 2014 #24
Bingo. nt Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #29
Exactly. Chemisse Aug 2014 #46
PLUS ONE, a whole bunch! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #57
Beige. Burgundy. Both begin with a "B." Common mistake. Could happen to anyone. *sarcasm* nt Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #20
Easy mistake to make. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #7
The officer looked at the 6 year old boy and questioned whether or not he looked like a man. SummerSnow Aug 2014 #10
That was a tense video to watch. cwydro Aug 2014 #18
Tan/beige v.s. Burgandy... Earth_First Aug 2014 #9
Incompetent yes.. racist the jury is out whistler162 Aug 2014 #13
Oh, yes, I see your point. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #16
Obviously you didn't even bother... whistler162 Aug 2014 #44
So this tan Toyota van full of young white males Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #62
She should be consulting an attorney about avebury Aug 2014 #14
I keep hoping that the lawsuits Ilsa Aug 2014 #32
If tax payors have to pay enough money in court costs, jury verdicts, or avebury Aug 2014 #36
obviously tx is only an open carry state if you're white. eom ellenfl Aug 2014 #15
This being Texas gaspee Aug 2014 #17
THANK YOU! I was thinking the same thing salib Aug 2014 #50
From the article, when a cop is asked whether the stop was at all appropriate: tblue37 Aug 2014 #26
I was pulled over once at night, in a remote and rural area. passiveporcupine Aug 2014 #27
Pain & suffering! $1,000,000 sounds about right.... truth2power Aug 2014 #28
Traumatized children. They should get more than that, I think, since the lawyers will take 50% tblue37 Aug 2014 #34
Works for me! If some of these municipalities truth2power Aug 2014 #51
Meanwhile, the original culprits go driving away. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #30
which may well have been the point RedRocco Aug 2014 #65
maybe we should wait a week or two for the facts - i.e. until the police have time to whereisjustice Aug 2014 #33
I guess they're just lucky it was the six-year-old who got out of the car. surrealAmerican Aug 2014 #38
See my post #26 above, about the study that shows cops tblue37 Aug 2014 #67
Wait, it's Texas. I thought you could legally drink, drive, and wave a gun there. mainer Aug 2014 #39
OMFG! stage left Aug 2014 #40
Mistake?? TNNurse Aug 2014 #41
I'm starting to wonder if the cops are colorblind. Savannahmann Aug 2014 #42
Okay. what kind of idiot can't tell the difference between beige and burgundy? alarimer Aug 2014 #43
Agreed 100%. nt cstanleytech Aug 2014 #53
The same kind of idiot that can't tell the difference between a tblue37 Aug 2014 #68
I hope they sue those assholes. MoonRiver Aug 2014 #47
So do I, but I doubt anything will come of it. RebelOne Aug 2014 #55
It's lucky - and sad - that the small child knew enough to hold up his hands. Chemisse Aug 2014 #49
IMO the cops need to be fired if they only pulled the van over because they were looking for a tan cstanleytech Aug 2014 #52
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #58
About 15 mercuryblues Aug 2014 #60
I just watched the video clip and I think this may have been an understandable mistake. Chemisse Aug 2014 #61
absolutely nothing reasonable about this whereisjustice Aug 2014 #63
Lol BlindTiresias Aug 2014 #64
Seeing that child getting out of that car with his hands in the air... oh my God Number23 Aug 2014 #66
If I had been that little boy's mother, I probably would have peed my pants. tblue37 Aug 2014 #69
I thought waving guns around was legal in Texas. Crunchy Frog Aug 2014 #70
Nissan, Toyota --- all those Japanese cars look the same. betsuni Aug 2014 #71
This is unbelievable Catherine Vincent Aug 2014 #72
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