Posted on 08/13/2024 9:16:20 PM PDT by xxqqzz
Marion County Prosecutor Jeffrey Freeman has dropped the charges against Beth Delloma, 45, after a traffic stop Thursday went viral due to the actions of Monongah Police Chief Nathan Lanham.
Delloma was stopped Thursday for an expired registration sticker by Lanham, who was not in a typical uniform or a marked cruiser. The interaction spiraled out of control when Delloma asked for identification and Lanham refused. Lanham pointed his service weapon at Delloma several times and wrestled her to the ground as she attempted to flee the scene for help.
“He filed a motion to dismiss the case,” Delloma’s attorney Joe Shaffer said of the prosecutor during a Monday appearance on MetroNews “Talkline.” “He asserts in the motion that the facts in the complaint do not support the felony charge of fleeing in a motor vehicle and reckless indifference to the safety of others.”
Shaffer said Lanham pulled her over initially wearing khaki pants with a firearm strapped to his thigh and a nylon t-shirt and requested her driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance. Because of the uniform, she cracked her window and asked Lanham for identification, and he identified himself Monongah police chief and became irate, Shaffer said.
Shaffer said Delloma wanted to escape what she thought was a police impersonator by telling him the documents were at her home and began to drive slowly to her home, which was about 30 yards away.
“We’re talking about a 49-year-old woman who is very intelligent and she’s aware of cases across the country where people have impersonated police officers and pulled over women,” Shaffer said. “The shirt he had on can be purchased on Amazon.”
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“Back the Blue”. Until it happens to YOU!
This is a LOT more common than many thought, and all these personal dashcams have started to bring to view more and more of the misbehaviour of the constabulary.
So much for the “Most cops are good guys” narrative that’s been rubbed into our faces for years. If “most” of the cops are good guys, why didn’t/haven’t/won’t they stop this kind of abuse of their position?
When is the guy getting sued for deprivation of rights under color of law?
A sane police chief would have called in uniformed police officers in a marked car.
I was taught at an early age that the police are not your friends.
>> Police chief in small WV town stops woman for expired registration.
He probably wanted to hit on her.
>> If “most” of the cops are good guys, why didn’t/haven’t/won’t they stop this kind of abuse of their position?
So what you seem to be saying is, “unless incidents like this are zero, then all cops are bad”. Sorry FRiend, but as a basis for logical reasoning, that’s just a crock of ignorant sh!t.
>> This is a LOT more common than many thought
Proof? Or at least statistical evidence?
I haven’t backed the blue in 8 years. Nothing but a gang in uniform.
They blindly took orders during covid, even though it was illegal and unconstitutional. They showed their true colors.
Are you talking about these WV cops? Or all cops everywhere?
Nervous Tick: So what you seem to be saying is, “unless incidents like this are zero, then all cops are bad”. Sorry FRiend, but as a basis for logical reasoning, that’s just a crock of ignorant sh!t.
I believe that the line of reasoning here is: "Since we can never be absolutely sure of the moral standing of the particular cop now standing before us (if he even is a cop!), it is best to make no naive assumptions and rather to proceed with great caution."
Regards,
Wow! Someone hasn't had his morning coffee yet!
Regards,
A number of them have been.
“I was taught at an early age that the police are not your friends.”
It’s only gotten worse since police were hired in spite of drug use.
((My late friend Bob Gately administered polygraphs for the Miani-Dade Police Department).
I guess the shirt that had the word “police” on it, the blue lights on the unmarked car, and the black handgun screamed police impersonation! The cop may have overreacted, but this idiot driver is at fault, too
The police aren’t the real problem just a symptom. People like you are the real problem.
Your assertion is absurd. If most cops were like this one, we’d hear scores of such reports every week, not just an occasional few across a year. People who “back the blue” aren’t backing the bad apples, just the decent LEOs who go out every day, deal with the dregs of society and hope they can go home to their families.
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