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truth2power

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28. Pain & suffering! $1,000,000 sounds about right....

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 05:34 PM

Aug 2014

Hey, Forney PD...get your wallets out!

And that official who said it was appropriate. Should have been fired yesterday! Too stupid to be walking the streets by himself.

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Texas cops mistakenly pull over, arrest woman with 4 small children inside car [View all] SummerSnow Aug 2014 OP

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