Posted on 09/14/2014 3:34:06 PM PDT by Kaslin
the officer looks like another white-hispanic... /sarc
This is a case of Existing While Black, which is apparently in and of itself suspicious.
IMHO, this is just another case of power hungry and stupid cops.
I'm white and have put up with too much needless crap from cops over the years.
“But, hey ... yuk it up. I tried to warn you.”
Why address this to me? My comment seems to be quite inline with yours. I was hardly “yukking it up!”
Since I grew up black in Detroit, it was drummed into me since I was about seven, old enough to go to the corner store by myself, to always, always be relaxed, polite and ready to show certain information to the cops, otherwise I may end up like Uncle
“X” did when he got a little too mouthy for his own good.
I’m speaking of when you get a reasonable request from an officer.
This is a custom I follow to this day, as it has kept me from being arrested or accosted without due cause. Yes, I know that is not the way you’ve always heard it should be, but for my family, it has been a method of survival for over a generation.
Point well made!
Good advice for anyone, regardless of color.
Could be, don’t know. Every cop in the country seems to need a refresher course lately.
“Is he a black white man?”
“No. He’s a white black man.” —in speaking of a black albino in “Stanley and Livingstone” (1939)
Methinks you are right, and methinks anyone who doesn't is a fool.
FReegards!
No
The Police had no Probable Cause.
If they did they could take her in for booking
If they had Reasonable Suspicion they could temporally detain her while they conducted a quick investigation.
My guess is the Police over stepped their bounds.
What world do some of you people live in. There was no proof of a crime. How someone looks is not a crime. Did the police know for a fact(from previous incidents) that this women was a prostitute?- NO they did not. Did they overhear an offer for sex for Money? - No they did not. Were they even in pursuit of a reported crime suspect.
They had no business demanding anything from this women. Those of you who think they did- What are you doing here?
Is catching prostitutes worth loosing your freedom and constitutional rights? No wonder their is no one left to run this country.
I would think the fact they were kissing would indicate she wasn’t a prostitute.
police routinely fill out field interview cards...
There are people without ID, on whose behalf lawsuits have been issued against infringing their right to vote. I would think that the right to walk the street unmolested without ID is an even more basic right.
There are many times where my wife comes with me and doesn't bother to grab her purse with her ID, because I'm driving. Should she be afraid of being locked up if a police officer becomes curious of her identity, without any probable cause of her having done something wrong?
Sitting in a car kissing is NOT probable cause for anything.
Never been to a prostitute (I’m a girl) so I wouldn’t know.
But if some guy wanted to pay for a person to sit in his lap in a car and play kissy face...she will get paid for this desire, I suppose.
I just know that, around here, if a couple of kids are caught in a car doing the wild thing they are arrested. It’s been that way for many, many years.
“My guess is the Police over stepped their bounds.”
And she was with her husband, who, I’m sure said she was his wife. I think she was justifiably offended!
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This is absolutely spot-on correct.
Contemporary police need to slow down and get a grip on reality.
If two people are kissing or whatever...who cares?
She was under no obligation to identify herself to the JBT who was clearly in the wrong as the eventual monetary settlement will demonstrate.
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