Posted on 07/14/2018 9:28:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Officer Courtney Brown was heard asking Webb whether she knew how fast she was going. Webb apologized and said she was late for work, and Brown asked her to turn off the car and hand over her keys.
“The ground is wet and it’s been raining you’re going over 80 miles an hour on this type of a road. That’s reckless driving,” Brown said.
“I’m so sorry,” Webb replied.
Brown returned to her police cruiser to talk with fellow officers about whether to arrest Webb or just give her ticket.
“What do you think?” Kristee Wilson, a responding officer, was heard saying.
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Pretty unprofessional behavior by the LEOs there. Stupid if they knew that they were being videotaped.
I’ve been given a pass a couple of times where if they went by the book I’d have a record now.
less bias in this case than the Trump witch hunt.
So what was the alternative? Let her go loose after she was seen going over the limit in adverse conditions? Troopers have a good feel from experience how fast she was going, and she acknowledged that by saying she was late for work.
No good deed goes unpunished; she had a 50-50 chance of getting off with a warning.
Uh, by that measure she shouldn’t have been arrested then. She actually won the coin flip but they arrested her anyway, laughing about it. That’s pretty unprofessional.
Affirmative action strikes again.
You win the bootlicker prize!!!
I live in Georgia.
ALL GEORGIA LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE NOTHING BUT GLORIFIED REVENUE ENHANCEMENT AGENTS.
IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. NOT JUSTICE.
Far more fair that FBI or Justice Dept. Justice.
Cobb county is a police state. They will arrest you for a cracked windshield. It’s horrible I finally moved.
The correct thing to do from a legal perspective was to arrest the suspect. The coin flip was a chance for the suspect to escape arrest. So the suspects claim that her fate was decided by a coin flip may be true in some sense, but it is also disingenuous. The coin flip event was actually a chance in her favor not against her. When an officer makes a decision on what action to take it is often like the flip of the coin anyways. The mood and emotions of the officer are human and ever changing.
Another way to look at it.
The chance of her arrest before the coin flip was 100%.
During the coin flip it was only 50%.
Clearly this event favored the suspect.
I wonder why the charges were dropped?
It’s called judgment. GA has a super speeder law. Most tickets are up to LEO discretion.
Besides the lack of professionalism in their actions, one is compelled to ask if it is prudent to be putting firearms in the hands of people stupid enough to do this on camera.
Unfortunately, law enforcement is an attractive job for petty people who enjoy having power over others. Having power over others can easily be corrupting. This is why we have an obligation to hold LEO to a higher standard.
Anyone holding a position that gives them essentially dictatorial power over others must be held to a higher standard and watched carefully. There are 535 people in Washington, DC that are a perfect example of what happens when we don’t maintain control over them.
A) A “judgement” call is not made by flipping a coin, it is made by a reasoned evaluation of the circumstances and potential consequences.
B) If they truly believed her actions presented a clear danger, they showed disdain for the public they claim to be protecting by doing a coin flip.
C) Speeding is a civil offense, not a criminal one
D) While it might sound appealing to lock up every person doing something deemed unsafe in an automobile, it is a practical impossibility. She should have been cited, admonished and perhaps followed to work. Not thrown into jail.
Well they could have shot her.
Diversity hires. At least the employment books look good.
Bump for later.
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