Posted on 08/04/2015 8:31:47 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Then Investigators Listened to the Dashcam Audio
Minati Roychoudhuri was pulled over on Route 15 in Connecticut a few months ago and cited for an unsafe lane change. Roychoudhuri fought this infraction, saying that she was unfairly and racially profiled by the state trooper as evidenced by him asking her if she spoke English.
Last week though, an internal investigation revealed this woman’s accusations were false, leading to a warrant for her arrest under a false statement charge. Roychoudhuri turned herself in on July 28.
Minati Roychoudhuri was charged making a false statement after she accused a state trooper of racial profiling. (Image source: WVIT-TV) Minati Roychoudhuri was charged making a false statement after she accused a state trooper of racial profiling. (Image source: WVIT-TV) After the traffic stop in May, Roychoudhuri, a professor at Capital Community College, wrote a letter to the commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, accusing the trooper of pulling her over based on her race. The Connecticut State Police Union identified the trooper involved as John Such with Troop H.
“An unmarked police car with flashing light stopped me on the ramp after I had taken the exit. The policeman asked me if I could speak English and if I knew why he had stopped me,” Roychoudhuri wrote in her letter, according to WTIC-TV. “I said, ‘yes’ to speaking English and ‘no’ to why he had stopped me. He then asked me for my driver’s license and registration. He returned with an envelope and said that I could simply mail in the infraction.
“The officer did not give me any reason as to why had stopped me. His asking if I could speak English shows that he had racially profiled me and was not able to give me a concrete reason for stopping me,” she continued in her letter. “Further, the officer had checked ‘Hispanic’ in the race category in the infraction ticket. I am a Professor in English at Capital Community College, I teach about diversity and the negative impact of racial profiling, I have now become a target of the same insidious behavior! It is easy to connect the dots with the nationwide racial profiling which has led to serious consequences.”
Roychoudhuri said that she wanted the infraction dropped and the officer to be reprimanded in some way. She also sent her letter to a senator and state legislator. WTIC noted that she signed a statement with investigators regarding her allegations.
The Connecticut State Police Internal Affairs office concluded Roychoudhuri’s allegations were false and the trooper was exonerated on all charges, a news release stated. Some of that investigation included the recorded exchange between Roychoudhuri and the trooper.
Transcript of the audio posted by WTIC not only revealed that the trooper stated within seconds why Roychoudhuri was pulled over but also revealed that he in no way asked if she spoke English.
Here’s that transcript, in part:
Officer: Hi ma’am, do you know why I’m stopping you today? Roychoudhuri: No O: OK. There’s that big gore area with white lines painted across it and you cut in front of it, in front of me, thinking it’s a lane or something. You have to wait until it’s a dotted white line. License and registration.
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O: Ma’am. So I wrote you the infraction for that improper lane change that you did. R: Please, you know, I probably crossed over there, and that’s why I did it. O: OK. R: Obviously I did that. O: [Inaudible] R: My [inaudible] is absolutely clean. O: Ok. So I wrote you an infraction for that improper lane change that you did. R: OK.
Hartford Superior Court granted the state police department’s request for an arrest warrant last week and Roychoudhuri turned herself in and was released on a $1,000 non-surety bond.
The Connecticut State Police Union called for a public apology from Roychoudhuri.
“As Connecticut State Troopers, we take great pride in our duties and are willing to sacrifice our lives to protect the rights and lives of others,” the union’s president, Andrew Matthews, said in a statement. “We understand we are vulnerable to physical and verbal attacks from the criminal element and others in our society whose sole purpose is to disrupt law enforcement. However, we do not tolerate actions of a professor, from a well-respected college, whose motivation is to tarnish the reputation and career of a State Trooper by making false accusations of racial discrimination.”
Matthews sent a letter to the president of the community college where Roychoudhuri works asking that she be “held accountable for her illegal and malicious actions.”
Where coming to a point where cops will not be allowed to pull over anyone but honkies. Look for it. It’s coming.
I wonder what her defense will be?
Could definitely pass for Hispanic.
She is certainly wearing A Shirt of Color.
Karma is a bitch and this is just plain funny.
I know this is terribly old-fashioned but, shouldn't she, I dunno, be teaching about English?
Probably a required course — just part of the brainwashing process on the students.
Liberal Witch thought she could score some points with the other libs at he Univerity, AND MAKE SOME MONEY, by crying “Racist!”.
OOPS....
There should be serious consequences for this, but we all know there won’t be.
Well, did she do an unsafe lane change or not? That would be the issue in my mind. Maybe she caused other cars to change lanes with her lane change.
Um, they're talking about Capital Community College in Hartford, not some "well-respected college".
There’s that big gore area with white lines painted across it...
Never realized that such triangular areas by highway entrance and exit ramps were called "gore areas". But then since Minati Roychoudhuri is a professor of English at a "well-respected college", one might think that she would understand the difference between the definition of a "gore area" and "can you speak English?"...
The only thing that saved this officer is the recording. Without it, he would have been figuratively lynched.
I suspect we will see more and more cases like this in the future. Cops accused of “profiling”, abuse and other malfeasance exonerated by body cameras and recording.
I just hope and pray their departments are as aggressive filling charges as the Connecticut State Police seem to be here.
She needs deporting as undesirable!
Never heard the term when I lived in Connecticut, but out here in California, the term “gore point” is used to describe the area of the “on ramp”, where two white lines converge, as the ramp disappears, and merges with the freeway. So called, because the lines give the appearance of a bull’s horn. Sadly, folks think that it is a relatively safe area to stop their car, during a break down, but a Highway Patrolman told me it is actually a very risky practice.
For the record, I am NOT supporting this woman, with this post - thank you.
If chp gave tickets to everybody in socal that cuts over the gore points — hey would have no time for anything else.
Good point.
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