Lawsuit: Hsinlei Shao Says Monrovia Cop Beat Her Into Homelessness

[MrScorpio]

This is one of those it-seriously-sucks-to-be-you kind of stories.

It's about a woman, roughly 5' 2" and 115 pounds, who was trying to deliver time-sensitive blood samples to a medical facility, when she got pulled over by a Monrovia cop.

And let's just say, the woman never did deliver those blood samples on time, as she suddenly found herself preoccupied with her own gushing wound.

In August 2009, courier Hsinlei Shao was about to make another on-time delivery. She could see her destination - the medical facility - across the street when a Monrovia police officer flipped on his lights and pulled her over, according to Shao's recent federal lawsuit against the city.

Shao says that when she asked how long the officer was going to take and explained that she had critical human bio-product in her car that needed to be rushed across the street, the officer ignored her.

When she pressed the issue, asking the officer if he could hold onto her driver's license and car for a few moments so she could deliver the samples, he apparently became enraged.


http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/08/monrovia_police_abuse.php

[NYC_SKP]

1. Fuck L.A.

I scream whenever I need to go down there or even drive through on the way to someplace else in Southern California.

This shit is crazy, it's not unique to LA but it sure seems common in some parts there.

x(

[DCKit]

2. You're not alone. My vehicle stays parked most of the time...

and I consider myself lucky each time I come in or out of DC without issue. I'm carrying one to three - seven gallon jugs of spring water each time, and I'm just waiting to get "busted" and spend the night in jail while they determine it is, in fact, just water.

Problem is, I can't drink DC water - damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[izquierdista]

3. Another case for cop-slapping

In cases such as this, the only way you are going to change a cop's behavior is to have him undergo extreme humiliation. I would say that she should be allowed to slap (or spank) him at roll call, in full view of all his co-workers. Given the hierarchical structure of those fascist organizations, busting him down to rookie might also help. Maybe the possibility of being humiliated would have an effect, seems that million dollar verdicts against the police don't.

[Kurmudgeon]

4. I'm surprised the medical facility whose samples the cop destroyed haven't spoken up.

Corporations generally don't look kindly on profits being drained.
I guess firing her was easiest, I hope she sues them all and wins.