Posted on 06/26/2012 4:53:14 PM PDT by Orange1998
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8715510
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A woman tried to save drivers from getting ticketed by police and instead ended up in jail herself. Now she claims she was wrongfully arrested.
It all happened as officers were clocking speeders and pulling them over last week near downtown. Natalie Plummer now fears police retribution. She says she was just trying to get people to stop driving so fast, and that instead of being seen as helpful, she was arrested for it.
Plummer admits she probably will never hold up a similar sign again out near any road.
"I was completely abiding by the law," she said. "I was simply warning citizens of a situation ahead."
Last Thursday on West Dallas, Plummer was on her bike headed home from the grocery store when she saw Houston police pulling over alleged speeders. She took some video while riding by.
She said, "I felt like he was just pulling random cars over."
So Plummer went up the street a few blocks, made an impromptu sign on a grocery bag reading 'Speed Trap!' and stood, she says, on the sidewalk.
"I for sure did not step into the street," Plummer said. "(I stayed) on the sidewalk the entire time."
After a few minutes, Plummer claims one of the officers drove up, jumped from his car and started pulling at her backpack. She says he searched it without consent, and then arrested her.
"He was telling me he was taking me to jail for obstructing justice, that was an automatic three to five years," Plummer recalled.
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“When you do something like this you need a second person filming and recording from a distance and transmitting to a secure, out of jurisdiction, location.”
No. You organize the local American Legion and VFW to show up at the city council meeting. You tell them to fire the a$$hole police chief or else. You make it known to the council members that you’ll throw their butts out of office. We used that technique to fire two police chiefs in my community.
Get involved in your local government, patriots.
Her real offense was interfering with revenue collection.
Funny thing, her presence was deterring speeders...she was helping! They should give her an honorary deputy badge!
I'm okay with that. In what way is it a crime for a citizen to warn other citizens to slow down?
The court has already ruled in a simlar case and said it is free speech.
You got it!!!!
What criminals?
So, standing on a public sidewalk and holding a sign warning motorists to obey the law is now a crime???
The officer, City, Police Chief should be sued for knowingly abusing authority and violating her constitutional rights. I wonder if anyone reads the Constitution anymore.
Also, a person can be arrested for dropping coins in expiring parking meters. That one puzzles me.
I don’t really do it too much if there’s a cop hiding but if there are deer up ahead or any animal then I flash and they do slow down.....
Lawyers got to eat, too.
There’s only two classes of people. The criminals with a badge, and the criminals without one.
Kinda’ loose on who you call a “criminal” aren’t ya’?
Looks like she found criminals alright, and they emerge wearing badges.
People need to understand that you need to confront leftists, not send them some idiotic love note, hoping for better relations in the future. That’s what moron RINOs do.
Patriots need to get in the fascist faces of leftists. Threaten these commies in dark parking lots. Tell them that their homo eye makeup makes them look like Hitler.
This is not a tiddly-winks tournament. This is war.
“Lawyers got to eat, too.”
So do the tax enforcers (police) and the tax collectors (traffic law judges)!
Yes, Lawyers DO have to eat. I suggest locking several in a room, and throwing in a bottle of ketchup and shaker of salt.
Then brick the door over. . . (evil grin)
The difference is that if there is money involved the lawyer will gladly be on your side.
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