Posted on 05/22/2021 12:32:44 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
“No, no, no, bro, that’s my daughter!”
Those were the words of Dartavius Barnes captured by a Springfield, Illinois police body cam after officers allegedly mistook the ashes of his 2-year-old daughter for drugs.
Barnes is now suing the department over the April 6, 2020 traffic stop.
Video obtained by WICS first shows Barnes, handcuffed, sitting in the back of a squad car, give officers permission to “process” the vehicle.
“This was in the center console,” says one officer after searching the car, unscrewing a cylinder and showing it to another officer. “At first I thought it was heroin, then I checked for cocaine, but it looks like it’s probably molly.”
“X pills?” another officer asks.
Despite the positive results of a police field test, the powder inside the metallic container wasn’t drugs at all, it was cremated remains of Barnes’ daughter, Ta’Naja, according to the lawsuit.
The toddler died in February, 2019 after police found her unresponsive, wrapped in a urine-soaked blanket, according to WICS. She had been neglected and starved in the days leading up to her death, authorities said.
The girl’s mother, T’wanka Davis, and her mother’s boyfriend were found guilty of her murder and were both sentenced to decades in prison.
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Field drug tests are notoriously inaccurate. People have gone to prison for years for having misidentified substances in their cars.
Springfield Police Body Camera Footage in Incident with Dartavius Barnes - Part 2 - 25 mins
Suit won’t go anywhere. Probable cause is probable cause. Sigh.
Frankly, the names of everyone involved is sufficient probable cause.
“Field drug tests are notoriously inaccurate.”
They perform exactly as our overlords want them to.
What do you mean?
“Despite the positive results of a police field test,”
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They know many of these “tests” give false positives most of the time and they like it like that.
Did he get her ashes back?
There have been lawsuits against companies who make them. It's mind-boggling police still use them or these companies haven't developed accurate tests or companies have yet to be put out of business
If we would finally Abolish the Judicial Creation called Qualified Immunity, every time a cop used a drug field test that is known to produce false positives, they would be PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE for any Injury or Loss to a citizen.
Personally, any field test with less than 100% accuracy should be a FELONY TO ADMINISTER!
Who the hell drives around with the burned up remains of their two-year-old daughter in the console of the car?
Most people might carry a picture of their loved one instead of ashes.
I realize cremation isn’t something you go to hell for but it reminds me of pictures. The digital pictures aren’t permanent and th ashes can be thrown out.
Keep stating such.
Big mistake right there. Say nothing and never give any permission. If a cop asks you "do you know why I pulled you over?" or "do you know how fast you were going?" it is to get you to either confess or deny knowledge of anything which makes it more difficult to make a defense. If you tell the cop on camera you don't know your speed, how can you argue to the judge that you were driving the speed limit.
Hunter Thompson, famed Rolling Stone journalist took own life in Colorado and then had his ashes put in fireworks for funeral fireworks show.
John Kerry and Shawn Penn attended the celebration.
Once again, the true average level of IQ exposes it’s self. These hire on IQ caps have to go... Seriously.
There’s not a single test anywhere that can produce a 100% accurate result. You can get 99.9% but it still means hundreds of false positives.
No surprise...they regularly mistake Iphones for M1911’s.
Correct, and since it only takes One False Positive to Literally RUIN someones Life Permanently, then I will stick with 100% or it’s a FELONY
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