Landry Thompson, 13, Taken Into Custody After Dozing Off In Dance Instructor’s Car
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Landry Thompson, 13, was visiting Houston with her dance instructor, Emmanuel Hurd, to take a series of dance classes from top industry professionals.
On the way back to their hotel with Thompson and another dancer, Hurd, who also goes by the name Emmanuel Cross, stopped at a gas station to get his bearings.
“We were on the GPS trying to figure out where the hotel was and we sat there and we dozed off,” Hurd said, according to NewsOn6.com.
Then, the police showed up and surrounded Hurd’s car.
“They just pulled us out of the car. Put our hands behind our backs like we were criminals,” Hurd said. “He asked me who’s the girl. She’s my student. I said I had a notarized letter from her parents stating that we have full guardianship over her while we’re here.”
Thompson and Hurd kept trying to tell their story, but said the officers weren’t listening. Nor did they pay attention to the note. Instead, they put cuffs on Thompson and took her to Child Protective Services, and contacted her mother, Destiny Thompson, back in Tulsa.
“I was horrified,” Destiny Thompson told KHOU-TV. “She was with the people I wanted her to be with. She was with people I trusted. And now she was taken away from those people and in a shelter with people I didn’t know.”
At first, Thompson was told she’d have to come to Houston to get her daughter. After 11 hours, and repeated conversations with Houston officials, the teenager was finally freed into Hurd’s custody.
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Democratic mayor in Houston these days.
““I was horrified,” Destiny Thompson told KHOU-TV. “
The mother’s name is Destiny which leads me to believe that dancing is a family tradition.
Happens to me all the time.......
Dancing.
At a hotel.
Uh-hunh.. right.
Question: What kind of mother allows her 13 year old daughter to share a hotel room with grown men? Answer: A negligent or indifferent mother.
The police should investigate further. Many exploited young girls in prostitution are exploited because the mother or parents are in on it and collect some of the money. Not buying the story.
I weep for our future
This young lady needs to be placed in protective custody.
Agreed.
Guy in the red shirt is thinking; "Oh sheeat. I's in trouble now!"
Funny thing, I’d never let my underage daughter travel out of state with two snoop dog wannabes, complete with a notarized statement abdicating my parental responsibilities, and stay out until 3 a.m passed out in a car.
Heck, I’m not letting my 18 y/o daughter do that!
Anyway, they weren’t ‘looking for a hotel’. They were sleeping in the car, too broke to afford a hotel. Just another indicator of how ill conceived this adventure was.
Landry's mom, Destiny Thompson is stupid if she trusts her 13 year old with these guys! She might as well put a 'for sale' sign on her daughter's forehead!
13 yrs old, shouldn't she be in school?
I'm sure mom & dad packed plenty of free Obama condoms for their teenager.
Sounds like child neglect, unfit parents.
Possibly kind of a lost cause, from the mother’s quotes, but I’d imagine the vast majority of other parents would be happy for someone’s vigilance here.
No kidding. There’a about 13 kinds of wrong going on in that scenario.
You hit the nail square on the head.
In my day, this was called Statuary rape and these guys would be looking at time.