MKEgal
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That's supposed to say
"Slayton, TX POLICE arrest woman"
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"Slayton, TX POLICE arrest woman"
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Which is a clear indication that they know they were in the wrong and are trying to CYA.[her lawyer] said the Slaton Police Department will issue an apology as long as the mother agrees not to file a lawsuit.
I know "some" police are goofs all over the country, but what the heck is going on lately with Texas PEACE OFFICERS? ...
This is one of many abuses of civil rights which need to stop.It's too predictable that "don't have to show a warrant" gets stretched into "can defer getting the warrant until later."
Which is what many many many officers want/expect.The upshot here is to force people to submit to police without knowing whether the police have the actual authority for the search or arrest.
The one thing I wanted to see in that story was the age of the son. If he were an adult (and there really was a warrant), then mom was wrong to insist on seeing the warrant. Since the son was a minor (11), it is her right and duty to look out for his legal interests and act on his behalf. No one needs to submit to an arrest warrant that does not exist. One may demand to see it. If one is a minor, the parent should absolutely act on behalf of the minor who is surely ignorant of his rights.
She should sue. Suing should produce the apology--AND some money.
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The suit (and or a settlement of same) may produce money. It may produce legally mandated modification of behavior. It is EXCEPTIONALLY unlikely to produce an apology because:She should sue. Suing should produce the apology--AND some money.
If they are asking to enter the mothers house to serve such warrant ,I think the mother or any other adult is in every right to ask for the warrant.
The purpose of a warrant is to show that you have a legal right to do what you are doing and the purpose you are there for is legal.
Then once you have produced such warrant and the person still blocks or obstructs you then you have a good and proper reason to arrest them.
Yes it can be done with out a warrant in hand given the proper circumstances. But it opens up a whole new area that has to be dealt with to make it legal and proper.
The suit (and or a settlement of same) may produce money. It may produce legally mandated modification of behavior. It is EXCEPTIONALLY unlikely to produce an apology because:
- It's an admission of fault they're VERY unlikely to make.
- They're usually not sorry AT ALL, even when they wrongfully kill somebody.
The recent shooting of the elderly paper delivery woman in L.A. was a notable exception, doubtless brought on by the sheer hopelessness of the L.A.P.D.'s case. Even after the insincere "apology", they still managed to treat the victims like garbage. You should note that all of the perpetrators are still employed by the L.A.P.D. and getting paychecks paid for by the victims.
That's the beauty of the recent civil judgment in the case of the Chicago cop who stomped the barmaid half his size.Maybe I should have said "an official recognition of wrongdoing," even if the office it comes from is the court--for which the woman should be actually striving: an acknowledgment that her and her son's rights were violated.
That's the beauty of the recent civil judgment in the case of the Chicago cop who stomped the barmaid half his size.
There is now an OFFICIAL judicial finding that the Chicago PD maintains a "blue wall of silence".
They're going to live with that FOREVER.