Posted on 10/23/2009 10:44:02 AM PDT by Dallas59
A Dallas rookie police officer erred when he cited a woman earlier this month for being a non-English speaking driver, police said.
Officer Gary Bromley issued a citation Oct. 2 to 48-year-old Ernestina Mondragon after stopping her for making an illegal U-turn in the 500 block of Easton Road, near East Northwest Highway, according to a copy of the citation.
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Me no speekee English... until she get’s home and laffs about fooling the gringo officer
LMAO!
She may not speak english, but she understands our litigation lottery system completely.
Immigrants strike another blow against the Rule of Law, which is of no interest to them, with the help of the City of Dallas. If she doesn’t speak English, what happens if she becomes involved in a dangerous traffic situation that necessitates following the orders of a policeman or other public safety worker? And of course it would never occur to the DMN to inquire about her immigration status. We are the only country on earth that puts the interests of foreigners ahead of the interests of its citizens.
Poor Rookie...I bet that’s the last time he uses common sense.
“Say WHAT one more time...!”
Immigrants strike another blow against the Rule of Law
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Are you suggesting that the cops can make up laws as they go? The ticket in question, failure to speak English, does not exist.
I don’t quarrel with the common sense elements of your post too much (understanding a cop’s instructions in an emergency), but how has this immigrant struck a blow against the rule of law?
Como es Marsellus Wallace fÌsicamente?
Que?
De que paÌs eres?
Que?
No lo conozco. Hablan ingles en “Que”?
Que?
Ingles, hijo de puta! Lo hablas?!
No. I am suggesting she was driving without her drivers’ license. That is against the law. You have to have your license when you are operating a vehicle, and she didn’t. The City of Dallas dismissed that ticket as well. I, personally, left my driver’s license at home one day by mistake, got a ticket, and had to pay a fine despite the fact that I had a license. This occurred in Dallas. I did have my insurance, for which they were doing a random check. But then again, I speak English.
“I don’t quarrel with the common sense elements of your post too much (understanding a cop’s instructions in an emergency), but how has this immigrant struck a blow against the rule of law?”
By being here in the first place. To immigrate legally, one has to have a basic knowledge of the English language.
Your implied policy would be a bit tough on non-anglophone tourists....
Tough. When I lived in Mexico, I spoke Spanish. And that woman wasn’t a tourist. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of Europeans do speak enough English to follow directions.
That is a great truth, and I lay the blame at the feet of our "leaders" who are merely opportunist political whores who would sell us out in a New York minute. Well, that minute is upon us. We've been sold out.
If the ticket is truly for not speaking english, it must suck to be a foreign tourist then...
“Here’s your ticket, Hans. Get your butt back to Dusseldorf until you can sprechen english!”
You are incorrect, if you are suggesting that other countries bar drivers that don't speak the language. I've personally legally driven in at least 3 countries where English isn't the language.
That is correct. Never drive off without it! I left my DL at the bank drive thru once and had the misfortune of getting hit by a guy running a red light. It didn’t matter that I knew my DL#...they required the actual license. My case was dismissed because when I got to court (with my license, citation and accident report in hand), the court ticket showed that I ran the red light while driving without my license. I had all my documentation and the judge just wrote it off (or whatever they do to dismiss it). Lesson learned!
Where did I say that other countries bar drivers that don’t speak the language? We gave this woman a “get out of jail free” card. She was driving without her license, for which I have been ticketed in Dallas. What I said was, we are the only country on earth that puts the interests of foreigners ahead of the interests of its citizens. And I stand by that statement.
I just paid my fine. If Dallas traffic court is anything like the DMV there, no one speaks English anyway.
And most tourists, anglophone or otherwise, do not have children enrolled in the public schools.
And if doofus cop had not cited her for failure to speak English, it is quite likely that charge would not have been dismissed. I don’t see anywhere in the article that the illegal u-turn charge was dropped.
I’m a municipal court judge in one jurisdiction and a prosecutor in another. We routinely dismiss “no DL” citations if the defendant comes in and shows us that he/she had a valid DL on that date, whether it was in the car or not. You got a raw deal, IMHO.
Colonel, USAFR
I didn’t get a raw deal. I left my DL at home. I went through a insurance card checkpoint (thank God I had that in the glove box), got a ticket and chose to pay it rather than go to traffic court in Dallas. But thanks for the kind words, Colonel.
By being here in the first place. To immigrate legally, one has to have a basic knowledge of the English language.
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The only place I can find the language requirement you speak of is when an immigrant wishes to be naturalized.
That being said, were I to choose to live in another country for any period of time, I would most certainly do my best to learn the language.
Bagaimana kalau kami semua baru berbahasa Inggris saja. Oops. How about if we Americans just speak English.
Well, let me repost it again, dropping an intervening sentence:
If she doesn’t speak English, what happens if she becomes involved in a dangerous traffic situation that necessitates following the orders of a policeman or other public safety worker?...We are the only country on earth that puts the interests of foreigners ahead of the interests of its citizens. "
And to quote what you said in that post about driving without a license -- oops, no need to - there is nothing in that post about driving without a license.
Bagaimana kalau kami semua baru berbahasa Inggris saja.
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Easy for you to say.
2. The ticket for driving without a license was dropped, as well as the "non-English speaker" ticket. No Rule of Law for her. She gets a free pass.
3. We are allowing people to come to our country, legally and illegally, and doing nothing to require their assimilation into our society, one element of which is the English language.
4. By allowing this invasion of non-assimilators, and taxing ourselves to accommodate them, we are putting their interests, that is, the interest of foreigners, ahead of the interest of our own citizens, some of whom are endangered/harmed by these foreigners.
5. There is a significant difference between allowing non-English speaking visitors to our country to drive using international drivers' licenses for a short period of time, and allowing foreigners who come here to live indefinitely, settle in, enroll their children in school, etc, but failing to insist they learn our language and accommodating their ignorance of our laws.
OK, who’s going to clean up the back seat of the car?
Well we can thank the DMVs across the country when they are like Kalifornia who give their driver’s test in about 8 languages. Cop should have cited her for obstructing justice.
I don’t quarrel with that notion at all. and yes, I was wondering.
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