[SoFloFreeper]

Daughter of Obama flees from cops, knows she has drug paraphernalia, is near the Mexican border....and the COPS are in trouble?

Laughable.

[dennisw]

http://www.taosnews.com/news/article_401433ae-4d74-11e3-9e84-001a4bcf887a.html

A fuller local account.

[TexasGator]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3092700/posts

[MHGinTN]

Holder’s people in Memphis have a strained entitements mentality. They are not ‘Americans’ don’tchaknow.

[cripplecreek]

Doesn’t matter. Police became the primary danger to the kids in this case and I say that as a “Badge Lapper” as the libertards like to say.

[mad_as_he$$]

Did you actually watch the video? Cop opened fire when there was no danger to him or anyone else. They clearly had her with the Motorola. They found her at a hotel a few minutes later. Gunfire was unnecessary at that point.

[EEGator]

They found drug paraphernalia after the arrest and search. Taos is about 300 miles from the border. It looked like the cops did what was right, until the third fired at the minivan. It looks like he fired at the tires though...can’t tell.

[Nervous Tick]

>> the COPS are in trouble?

Yeah, I enjoy those “jackbooted thug” bashing threads as much as the next FReeper... but I come down on the side of the cops on this one.

Reminds me of that Chris Rock “how not to get your azz kicked by the police” video.

[Ingtar]

As my wife put it, she found out her Memphrican attitude did not cut it out of the city.

[Regulator]

She caused the whole damn thing.

Watch the video. She was given multiple chances to do the right thing.

How did they know that the kids were hers? She took off at high speed. Maybe they were dealing with a kidnapper?

They didn’t know. All they knew is she peeled out, and then resisted arrest. And the big brat got out and got into it with the cops.

About the only thing questionable was the guy popping off at the tires. With the kids in mind, maybe that wasn’t so swift. But it’s not unheard of, and if she’s something bad - transporting kidnapped kids, a trafficker, whatever - it would not matter.

Just another opportunity for SeeBS to play WhackAWhitey with a fake injustice against the Sacred Race.

[moehoward]

"After being issued the citation, the officer wrote that Ferrell proceeded to drive north in her Kia Sedona minivan after declining to pay the fine or return to Taos to contest it before a judge."

He had already issued the ticket. Why did he continue to follow her? She has every right to completely ignore the ticket and let it turn into a bench warrant.

[TheRhinelander]

I fault the officer by not shooting the woman in the head, then killing all the children to make sure they don’t infect the gene pool any further.

[truth_seeker]

She be headin to Colorado, fo legal marijuana.

Or maybe she be headin to ABQ lookin fo the Breakin Bad clan, meth cookin, etc.

[fifedom]

The cops were clearly out of control and their response was totally inappropriate.

First, demanding that the driver pay the ticket on the spot. Clearly a shakedown by a small town trying to get money from tourists.

Then bashing in the window of the car with a bunch of kids in it.

And then finally firing THREE shots at the car.

All I can say is stay out of New Mexico. First the torture by rectal scanning of the poor guy in Deming and now this.

I hope the towns get financially wiped out by the lawsuits.

[Former Proud Canadian]

The cops overreacted by firing on the vehicle. That should not have happened.

In addition the police were probably unaware that black people have been issued blanket immunity and no longer have to stop when instructed by police. Moreover, they are not subject to speed limits or other traffic laws.

[Jack of all Trades]

Shooting at a car for fleeing a minor traffic infraction is insane. Our whole system of justice is founded on the principle that it is better to let a criminal go free than to punish an innocent one. America is not a war zone. There are way too many Rambo wanna be’s out there masquerading as cops.

[JoeDetweiler]

See Post 2 by dennisw....

” A colleague fired three rounds at the rear tires “in an attempt to keep the vehicle from leaving,” he wrote.”

http://www.taosnews.com/news/article_401433ae-4d74-11e3-9e84-001a4bcf887a.html

[OneVike]

So this is what we have come to in America. Those hired to protect and serve us are now shooting at van full of children.

Regardless of whether or not the police officer may have thought the children could have been kidnapped or not, and regardless of the fact that the lady did violate a traffic law, nothing in my mind convinces me that the van would ever had outrun the police car.

Let's say she headed South to the border just some 50 miles away. I am sure they would have had more than enough police cars to stop her long before she got to the border. Which by the way it seems she went to a motel instead. After the fact we learn she had drug paraphernalia. What? A crack pipe or something?

Whats the lesson for us? The lesson is that the government, whether it be the City, County, State, or federal, have all become way too powerful for my taste.

Then we have some fellow Freepers defending the idea that shooting at a van full of children is the proper way to handle this situation.

What do you think would have been the reaction if when a drunk President, Ulysses S Grant, refused to stop for authorities while dangerously racing down 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, that the officer then pulled out his handgun and shot at the spokes of his wheels to stop him? After all. It wasn't until after he stopped that they realized who he was.

No, I am very troubled by our modern day society that stops citizens from defending themselves with guns when threatened, yet the same government will shoot at a van full of children because the driver refused to pay a fine or accept a summons to show up in court at a later date, and instead sped off in anger.

Regardless of the outcome in this case, it is all another example of the police state we now live in.

America, "Land of the Free my ASS!

[libstripper]

It looks like the officer was firing at the vehicle’s tires, not into the vehicle. Makes a big difference, especially after another officer was attacked by the woman’s large and aggressive son.

[showme_the_Glory]

Do they not have dogs for the cops to shoot?

[windsorknot]

I believe that the cops overreacted in the end, using excessive force; but the woman driver also acted foolishly, and disregarded the instructions of law enforcement officers.