Keene Police Department released footage of Lynn Bedford's arrest Wednesday (source: YouTube)
KEENE, Texas (TheBlaze/AP) — Police say a North Texas officer followed policy by dragging a 77-year-old woman from her SUV when she refused to provide identification and said she first needed a bathroom.
A review by Keene police found no wrongdoing by Sgt. Gene Geheb who pulled over Lynn Bedford over for driving 66 mph in a 50 mph zone. The Aug. 19 incident captured on police videotape was made public Wednesday.
Geheb several times asked for Bedford’s license. She refused, said she had a bladder infection and needed a restroom.
“Just hurry up; I have to go to the bathroom,” she said.
“Let me see your driver’s license and insurance, please,” the officer ordered.
She refused the officer’s request several times.
“Well you listen to me–,” she began.
“No, I want to see your driver’s license and insurance, please, and then I’ll listen to you,” the officer said.
“I’ll give it to you in a minute,” she shot back.
“No, you give it to me now, or I’m going to take you to jail,” he said.
“Well, go ahead,” the 77-year-old replied.
The officer did exactly that, pulling her out of her car and handcuffing her. Bedford was cited for speeding and failure to provide ID. Chapter 521 of the Texas Transportation code states, motorists are required to carry a valid driver’s license and “display the license on the demand of a magistrate, court officer, or peace officer.”
Further, “a peace officer may stop and detain a person operating a motor vehicle to determine if the person has a driver’s license as required by this section.”
Watch the raw video of the altercation below:
Bedford’s attorney Clay Graham, of Fort Worth, Texas, says the officer overreacted and she deserves an apology.
“The officer is not very interested in listening to what she has to say,” Graham said. “She gets a little frustrated. And then he just overwhelms her. That’s what I see. And then it goes from routine stop to ridiculous stop.”
Police Chief Rocky Alberti says Geheb followed policy when violators don’t provide identification.
“This incident has been reviewed thoroughly by the Keene Police Department and the City of Keene Administration,” Alberti said in a written statement. “All parties have concluded that Sgt. Geheb did not violate any state laws or department policies, and in fact was following department policy in regards to violators not providing identification.”
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truebirther
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:56pmCop 1 old bag 0
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Exrepublisheep
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:06pmCopcam saves another Officer. She would definitely have claimed abuse of some kind.
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:19pmJudging from the poll results the I am 77 years old is able to sway 20% to 30% of the people.
If we tried the same thought experiment/psychology experiment with 20, 30, 40, 50, & 60 year-olds, whites, blacks, males or females & then tabulate results by gender age, & race.
Then have people discuss the discrepancies.
This imperious self important woman got what was coming to her.
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Freedombeliever
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:27pmShe should have already had her license out and ready to had to him by the time the cop made it to her vehicle. Then she could have asked the cop to escort her to the restroom if she really had a bladder problem.
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SgtB
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:33pmDriver’s licenses for Citizens who are only using the road for travel and not for commercial business is immoral and against natural law. Not one other creature on this planet has to have a license to travel; and don’t tell me it is because we use cars to get around because most of you complain and piss and moan when you see a bicyclist trying to get to work or the store using “your” roads.
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aragona
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:36pmShe was clearly uncooperative. She refused his request several times. He told her he would arrest her and she said to go ahead. When he asked her to get out of the car, she was defiant again and refused. He did what he had to do. I thought he was actually pretty gentle with her all things considered. He pulled her out of the car but he could have slammed her on the ground, wrenched her arms behind her back to cuff her, etc.
No one is above the law.
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:48pmObviously during the carnage of the tens & twenties people voted for officials who made the rules of the road.
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:31pmSGTB, driving is a privilege that is why it requires a license. You can drive by foot or on bicycle where ever you please with out a drivers license. If you are a passenger in a car you do not have to have your license. The only person required to have a license is the one operating the vehicle. How can you say that a license is like travel papers? Its not. You have a license to show that you passed the state required test and that you are allow to use the privileged of operating a car.
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WAKEUPUSA2012
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:48pmrookorami
You sound lik a statist. Driving is not a privilege.Its natural law and what our founders agreed on.
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/drivingisrightnotprivledge07apr05.shtml
Educate yourself.
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:11pmBAH Educate yourself. You can still travel without a license just not in a car. A drivers license is not required to move from one place to another. Its required for the use of a car. Out of date Supreme Court cases do not change that. For all if not most of those there is a more recent case that changed the law. Our laws evolve. So are you telling me some one who has been in multiple accidents because of drinking and driving should be allow on the roads? As to me being a Statist, when I am at home or on my land I would love to be left alone, less taxes all of that. However when I am in public I expect certain laws. Because there are too many idiots roaming around. I do not need the government to protect me from myself, that is my business. But I do believe it should protect me from the rest of the idiots out there. Traffic laws I have no problem with, drivers license I have no problem with as long as I am on a road paid by everyone else I am good with these rules.
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FREEDOMoverFEAR
Sep. 14, 2012 at 1:16pmRookorami you’re sadly mistaken if you thinks cops are more gentle now days than 20 years ago. Watch cops the older the episode the more polite the cop. Twenty years ago to serve a murder warrant two cops would go with a sledge hammer now days the swat team goes and flash bangs everyone in the house. Cops view themselves as a military more than a service provider. Oh ya watch cops in other countries they’re much more polite than American cops.
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geekybryan
Sep. 15, 2012 at 2:19amAs a person with diabetes, I have often feared a situation like this. She should have just let go all over the back seat of his cruiser. This officer should be suspended for such treatment of an innocent woman. She broke a cop funding law, she did not infringe on ANYONE ELSE’s rights. Poor old woman was probably doing everything she could to hold it in, and had let her foot get a little too heavy trying to get to a restroom, and bam he stops her. She already feeling incredible bladder pressure that nobody who has never had diabetes understands which makes her already very agitated and tells the officer of her infection at the time of being stopped. Now, he could have quickly said, “Ok Mam, I understand your predicament” I am going to follow you to a restroom, and then afterwards we can deal with your traffic violation.
No, instead he is going to show her who’s boss. He calls her Lady in an aggressive, angry tone and threatens to jail her for not immediately giving him her drivers license and registration. His treatment and the overly aggressive treatment of most of the police I come into contact with today is 1/2 the reason these guys have such bad responses from people.
America has changed. It’s no longer “the land of the free and home of the brave”. Has not been for a while I’m afraid. We’ve become the “land of the a million tyrants”. The line Mel Gibson used in the Patriot has come true. Why did we trade 1 tyrant 4000 miles away for a mil
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lordjosh
Sep. 15, 2012 at 10:49am@Rookarami
Driving is a privilage for 14th amendment citizens and sheeple. It is an unalienable right of the people. Roads are payed for mainly by gas taxes. I pay them, you pay them. Where do you think you get the authority, either individualy or collectively, to tell a soveriegn,( i.e. one of the people, me) that I need to possess a licence and identify myself to another human being(badge or no) without being charged, under penalty of purjury, for a crime by another soveriegn?
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Patriot Z
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:56pmyep we are the ones who obey the cops and dont get hauled off to jail…i guess you and this lady think you are special and dont have to follow the law
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Aceofshades
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:53pmShe seemed militant from the get go and if she really had to pee that bad why didn’t she hand him her license and reg when he walked up.. We all know the deal, You do you license thing, you explain to him you have a UTI and that you have to go to the bath room, try and make it as quick as possible. You don’t speed things up by BREAKING THE LAW and not doing what an officer asked. With her saying no as soon as he asked and them being in the DFW aria I’m sure he has seen his fare share of drive offs.
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:21pmWhat does the acronym DFW mean & how are you sing the word aria?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria
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MeMadMax
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:35pmDFW = Dallas/Fort Worth area… place crawls with illegals…
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:44pmThx
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Ballot_Box_Revolution
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:19pmI have been driving for 20 years….In the last 19 years I have only been pulled over once, and that was for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign.
This past year alone I have been pulled over three times. THREE times, and the year is not over yet. Every time I get in my car to go somewhere now I cringe when i see a cop, and wonder if they are going to search for a reason to pull me over. I can say i no longer feel free to get in my car and go somewhere now days…..my driving habits have not changed for the worse, if anything i have become a more laid back, and less aggressive driver over the past 5 years or so….
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:33pmWhat were you pulled over for and did you get ticketed?
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Ballot_Box_Revolution
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:02pmone actually chased me down…he was pulling into my sisters neighborhood as i was pulling out. I don’t remember if i had my seat belt on when he passed or not, but i usually put it on when i get to a major road if i had not put it on when i got in the car….but anyways a mile or two down the road the cop jumps in behind me and flashes his lights, so i pulled into a shopping center so i didnt back up traffic…He asked me if i knew why he pulled me over, and i said i didnt have a clue…and he said when i was pulling out of the neighborhood i didn’t not have my seat belt on. But i did have it on at this point and didnt remember if i did or didn’t have it on when i was in the neighborhood, so i didnt say anything and gave a “maybe i did maybe i didn’t look”….so he wanted to interrogate me as to why i was there and where i was going.,….i did not get a ticket on this one (the most recent)
Another one was a tag light out….and another was my blinker was blinking too fast so there must be something wrong with one of my other blinkers, so he wanted to check …
No tickets on any of them…..but tickets are not my complaint…my complaint is i no longer feel free to drive without cops searching for a reason to harass me. I have only been pulled over only once in 19 years, and three times this year alone…something has changed for the worse….
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:17pmThe seat belt one I will give you, jerk cop on that one. They can’t all be good, unfortunately there are those in every profession. Tail light out I get most get pulled over for that, but no ticket so plus. Blink seems odd but at least no ticket. I haven’t noticed anything worse off than before. Haven’t been pulled over in about 7 years and the times I did I deserved it. My experience with officers has been mixed, but for the most part they leave me alone.
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Mike Benton
Sep. 14, 2012 at 8:52amSo she had 77 years to get belligerent, She could have speeded up the process by doing what he asked. She could have had the license out when he walked up to the window…it is standard practice. The article never said if she even had one.
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alpha2omega47
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:52pmPeople have to piss and they think they can declare an emergency and speed. You do not give a cop a hard time like this woman did ~ she got exactly what she deserved. Police are trained not to make it a pleasant experience when they arrest someone.
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TEXASGRANNY73
Sep. 14, 2012 at 8:45am@Alpha20 Yeah, and I always thought they were for the citizen in distress. Come on. Common sense should have prevailed. On both sides. Maybe she should wear a diaper like the astronaut lady and the next time she is stopped give a big whiff and show the license.
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MDKing
Sep. 15, 2012 at 6:44amAgain, nothing like living in a police state. Let’s make it unpleasant as possible, and they will learn not to question our god hood. Sounds like obumbass’ approach to to the country.
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DeniseJ
Sep. 15, 2012 at 11:24amWhat a change. Police TRAINING has them convinced that 1. We are the enemy 2. They are in danger if We don’t Immediately comply to the letter no matter how sketchy the stop. Can’t imagine being treated like this back in the ’70s. Downhill since then. Nazification of attitude by authorities – the TSA mindset. 4th amendment GONE de facto!!
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KangarooJack
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:50pmyour twisting my arm?????? OMG- thank God for video on this one. What a douchebag! Bladder infection my azz- does NOT equate with SHOW ME YOUR LICENSE LADY.
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Duddio
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:59pmThis cop was obviously prejudiced against minorities and the poor. He thought the lady was going to vote, and wasn’t gonna let it fly without ID….
There is no reason in the US to not have some valid form of identification and be willing to produce it when necessary. She was acting entitled and rude, dude’s just trying to do his job. She should have clued in when he opened her door and pulled on her arm.
If she didn’t wet herself when she hit the ground, then she was lying about the pee emergency.
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KangarooJack
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:13pmI saw the officers hand on her arm to assist her OUT of the vehicle. At NO POINT did the officer do ANYTHING out of line {not by word nor deed}. This stupid $$%^* decided THAT day that SHE was the Queen of UTI’s! My azzx!
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freeberty
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:20pmYes, thank God for this video and all the other videos showing government union thugs working in their government welfare jobs programs.
I hope everyone that isn’t a lowlife parasitic government worker can see the disconnect when the country becomes a police state and how the attitudes to it’s citizens is such that it seems that most of the uneducated low eared workers in that system have no problem dragging a 77 yr old grandmother out of their vehicles.
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BryanB
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:24pmWe Must See Your Papers !!!!!!
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:47pmMaybe the can make a short. The cop can be the good guy & the resistee can be dubbed the Bacinator.
That is if a farmer doesn’t mistake her for one of his &hauls her off.
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chips1
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:49pmWhen you look at the results of the poll, officers would be better off spending more time at the donut shop. Not enforcing the law seems to be the perferred action. It also works for the Teachers Union.
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Patriot Z
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:18pmyep…remember if stopped for a crime ..any crime just say i gotta pee..and the cop should have no choice but to let ya go
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sawbuck
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:55pmYou say enforcing the law ..
I say another fricken way to tax a U.S. citizen.
You say like their donuts. .I say they go ‘dough-nuts’
Over ‘Our dough’ to be more specific..
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Old Truckers
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:49pmIf you are ever questioned by a police officer, just do as they ask and everything will go well. If you argue or resist, they will respond accordingly.
That is just the way it is in the real world.
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Grasshopper42
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:01pmRight you are, Old Trucker. We need to choose our battles wisely.
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benshivd
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:21pmWill you be as compliant when they are loading you into the interment camp bus too ?. How does this law trump the constitution ? Answer is , it doesnt. This womans rights were clearly vilolated. When idiots like you allow it with statements like ” Just do as they ask and everything will go well” If you want to give away your own liberties go right ahead. I dont roll like that. Not going to be the first time in jail.
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Old Truckers
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:36pmBen, – Will you be as compliant when they are loading you into the interment camp bus too ?
Yes I will. The consequences of resisting is worse than the camp.
Get this straight, when you are arrested, you have no rights. Any rights you enjoy at present is given to you by the government as they see fit. With your attitude, you will soon find out the way things are in the real world. This is not Disneyland, and you are not twelve years old with your daddy protecting and excusing your bratty behaviour.
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grayling646
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:51pmBen:
To answer your own question, the next time you get pulled over just do what she did and see what happens. The Constitution and your rights have nothing to do with it at that point. That’s something you can argue over in court after the fact if you want waste your money on a lawyer.
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freeberty
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:54pmOld Trucker,
If you posts are an indication of how the majority of your generation feel, it’s no wonder we have a police state in this country today.
Everyone of your posts have that I laying on my back with my legs in the air, whining and peeing on yourself while you type how we need to conform to all government authority, even if they’re leading us to the gas chambers or dragging 77 yr old women out of their cars.
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Old Truckers
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:12pmYou will find out, you will come to know who is in control real soon. You have lived a pampered life of ease and tolerance. You have been pampered and been given everything your selfish little heart wanted by parents and silly schools. You think you are ‘special” and your rights are guaranteed. You probably live in the U.S. where you have grown up thinking your really great. Well, no one is great, we all are controlled sheep, controlled and given permission to do what we do by government. If you do not believe that, just wait a little while and you will see how special you really are.
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Ballot_Box_Revolution
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:36pmOld truckers
I don’t know how to respond to your last comment, i can’t tell if you are being sarcastic or not….lol
assuming you are not:
So you are cool with all that that you just said?
Assuming you are not form the U.S. according to your comment by blaming the other commenter that he must be from the U.S. ………Well you don’t get it, and don’t know if you will. In the U.S. rights and liberties are what our country was founded on…One of those rights and duties is to call out our government for trampling on the constitution. We do not (well we shouldn’t but people have forgotten) bow to administrations. It is not treasonous to speak ill of the president of our country (YET) because it is not the president who rules us, he is just our leader that defends and protects our freedoms and liberties provided to us by the constitution (well should be anyways)
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:49pmBen, What right was violated? Please tell me the amendment and why. She disobeyed a lawful order so her arrest was legal. There is nothing about driving in the constitution.
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Old Truckers
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:52pmBallot_Box_Revolution,
I was born in 1944 in California, USA
This country is not what it once was. It is sad to see what has become of the citizens of the U.S. Most do not have any grasp on reality, on how dangerous this society has become. They are so screwed up demanding their rights on every single little issue, suing anyone and everyone that insults their personal feelings or somehow offends their sensibilities. I don’t know, I’m just tired of it all, the whining and complaining, the lawlessness and breakdown of decent moral character. The acceptance of the idea that everyone and anyone can do whatever they please and to hell with everybody else, shoving their gross sewer perversions down everyone’s throat. By everyone insisting on their rights, the result is, nobody has any rights.
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WAKEUPUSA2012
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:57pmOld Truckers
Moron, our right are given to us by GOD, not the goverment. We will not comply with unLawful orders. You are complicit with tyranny if you go along to get along. Those camps would and will be hell. Aint no way anyones taking me or my family to any goverment reeducation camp. So you just keep thinking like that, the lines are being drawn. Those who will act as the vici french did, are traitors of the constutition. And we will never forget.
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Old Truckers
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:10pmWakeup,
hmmm…….well, I hope you find success holding to that position.
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Ballot_Box_Revolution
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:22pmhey i feel you on that brother…I’m sick of it all too…sick of the entitlement mindset as well…But the mindset is brought on by all the laws and regulations that protect people from their stupid actions and not have to take responsibility for them….It’s not rights that do that.
The only way to fix that is to let people solve their own problems for the most part. We do need a police force ran by local governments, and with nowhere near as much power as they have now.
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:22pmHow was this order unlawful? What right was violated? And the coinciding amendment. Why does everyone feel its my RIGHT to do this?
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:26pmDo you not have enough fortitude to go through the camps, lie to pass, and maintain you beliefs and await the time to rise? There are smarter plays to be made than trying a flat out resistance. You can be crushed easier. Moving within society, divert attention, build following, then when the time is right to act you do. Flat out resistance is not the only way.
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WAKEUPUSA2012
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:29pmIll hold onto it, till you or anyone else takes it from my cold dead hands. And just so you know, there are millions of us. More are waking up everyday. They can lock me up or kill me, and right behind me will be 10 more. Many in the military think the constutition is the law of the land like I do, you, and people who think like you do not. You think its the loving goverment who gives us our rights, that statement shows how far we have fallen. We outnumber the police 10 to 1. They will have to bring in the UN to put us all in camps. And have traitors help throw us in camps. We will not comply.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy7FVXERKFE
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:32pmBallot, rights and law can do that. People who focus too much on their rights and not how what they are doing may be impeding the rights of another. The mutual respect is leaving society. I would be in favor of less federal policing. And how much power are you wanting to take away from the local police? For the most part most of them see themselves as regular citizens too. They just have a job to do enforcing local laws. Sure some are on a power trip but that is the loud minority.
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:37pmHold on to what? And no one has answered what Amendment was violated here? The government is not loving, I trust it about as far as I can throw a car. I say everyone should maintain an healthy level of skepticism.
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Ballot_Box_Revolution
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:38pmHere is how i feel on it….I don’t think a right was taken away here, but I think the officer wanted to show who was in charge.
If i were the officer, no matter what I was “Trained” to do in certain situations….I would apply common sense. Yes the lady did refuse to comply, but you can see it all click when she she said hear me out, and the officer didn’t feel like doing that. She felt violated, and treated like a criminal…but i digress…. If i were the officer I would have listened to what she had to say…at the same time expecting it to be just an excuse or whatever…but it is my job also to treat citizens accordingly. She was an old lady, and YES i would take that into consideration when trying to piece together the type of person i felt she was.
The officer didn’t do anything wrong technically….but as someone who has to deal with the public, and all the crap that comes with it…he could have heard her out…If you cant deal with people, then you shouldn’t be an officer who has to deal with people every day….
…..On the other hand maybe the TSA is right by patting down old ladies and children because you never know….
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Old Truckers
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:43pmWhen a government agency decides to arrest certain citizens and you have a dozen soldiers with their guns on you, and your family, herding you into a detention camp, do we actually think we will have the ability to insist on our “rights”?
Wakeup, what do you think you will be able to do? Will you say, “I have my rights!” ?
God gives us rights under his Kingdom by Christ Jesus, but we are not in that Kingdom yet. Until then, we have to live here, governed by whatever country we reside in and they set the rules. That is the reality of the situation.
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rookorami
Sep. 13, 2012 at 11:46pmBallot that I can go with that for the most part. I would say both parties could have handled it better.
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JL320
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:48pmAll he had to do was listen to her rant for a few seconds about her bladder infection. She made it clear she was going to give him what he wanted if he would just listen. Anyone can figure that out, except people power tripping, and wanting to show you who’s the big bad boss. I just hope this happens to this cops wife one day. There’s good cops, jacko cops like this guy, and bad cops. Just how it is. Now how about The Blaze report on the TSA handling Romney’s security? It is going to be so painful voting for this rino.
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:00pmShe was ion the power trip. She was implying she was going to give him the license at her leisure.
Police don’t have time to spend 3 hours with every traffic stop.
If this was a 77 year old guy with a bladder infection would the cop have to let him make a pit stop 1st & aim the guy’s junk for him before asking for the license a second time?
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JL320
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:32pmMy county sheriff recently pulled every deputy, investigator, etc. that he had, to a meeting recently. He told them, “There are bad people, and good people having a bad day. Not everyone needs a ticket, and not everyone needs to be arrested. You need to understand the difference between the two.” This lady obviously hasn’t dealt with the law much, and if the officer wasn’t a power tripping idiot, he would have taken a few seconds to listen to this good lady, having a bad day. Then he would have gotten her license and info. Cops are good peoples servants, and bad peoples worst nightmares. That’s how it should be anyways. But keep suckin on the billy stick. You are making for a good little government boy.
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ScratInTheHat
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:56pmJL320 just nailed it here. Cops have power and they should be aware of what that means in a free society. They should be the knights of the street not the bullies of the state! The people here giving the cop the free hand are fouls who won’t know how wrong they are until they are under the gaze of the power they have given away!
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rookorami
Sep. 14, 2012 at 12:15amCould the officer handled it better sure, but so could she. How hard would it have been for her to reach for her license while trying to explain? Just as much as an Officer has a responsibility to be courteous so do we as citizens. The finger could be point either way. Would you feel the same about it if the officer had pulled over a young man that refused to get his license? Most would be ranting about the disrespectful youth. Common decency has dregraded
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TEXASGRANNY73
Sep. 14, 2012 at 9:45am@Walkabout Hey You ever been to Podunk Texas? How do you know how many folks pull off the road, every three hours, maybe. All y’all Texans. Remember this: Nobody gets off in this town, trains don’t even slow down. My sweethearts done married and gone, got on a bus to San Antone, nobody gets off in this town. Or I’m on the road again,making music with my friends, can’t wait to get on the road again. Is there anyone at all who remembers Detour, there’s a muddy road ahead, detour, paid no mind to what it said, detour. Oh, these bitter things I find, should have read that detour sign. Application here: Detour, there’s a cop just ahead, detour. Oh these bitter things I find, should have read that detour sign. And top of the morning to you all. Much ado about not a lot. Population Keene, Texas 6,000 plus.
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RamonPreston
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:48pmAs a middle aged man I have the same problem. When I got to go I got go. Have wet myself many times beforeI could stop the car and get out. Must be 100X worse for a woman.
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Patriot Z
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:58pmsux to be you. now tell me how that equates to not having to show an officer your DL. more than likely if he shad done what he said should would have been outta there.
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Johnny Cocheroo
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:11pm@Patriot said “Sux to be you”
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Hey Patriot – if anybody ever calls you classless, you tell them to come talk to me.
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:13pmHere’s a little trick I learned from trollmonger: if you can’t afford a box of Depends, put a clothespin on your dick and run the red lights.
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:47pmShe thought she could plead disability to get out of a ticket.
Did she pee in the squad car? then she probably wasn’t that bad off.
Resisting Arrest & False statements. Throw the book at her.
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kryptonite
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:50pmI agree, but keep in mind she’s 77yo. He could have broken her hip when he pulled her out of the car and onto the pavement. Given her age, I would have waited for backup to remove her from the vehicle firmly but safely. I know it takes a while longer, but, geez, show some patience, officer. If you are too angry to stop yourself from causing serious bodily harm to a cranky old (lying) woman who does not pose a physical threat, then IMO you did use excessive force.
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TheSoundOf Truth
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:47pmPoint: if you don’t have to show an ID to vote, then you shouldn’t have to show an ID for anything.
Point #2: This was an old woman. Was it necessary to use that sort of force? But Marines can’t use loaded weapons guarding the embassy against real threats…
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2AM
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:46pmThat cop is a useless jerk. I bet he feels like a REAL MAN. Good thing it wasn’t my mom! Cop or not, that crap wouldn’t fly with me. A badge isn’t an excuse to abuse the elderly.
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Old Truckers
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:51pmWhat would you do if that was your mom?
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Patriot Z
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:14pmi agree…to bad he wasnt abusing her and SHE was in the wrong. What? do you think older people shouldnt have to obey the law? can i break the law, and when i get busted say “i gotta peepee” and get off? would i be able to do the same if i had a bladder infection? you get pulled over, give him the damn licence THEN explain. he prob would have let her go with a warning. but you are wrong no matter how you look at it. either she and him have to follow the letter of the law, OR if you think the officer had discresion the ladies bad attitude and failure to comply with a simple request would have made anyone not want to cut her any slack.
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buzzkill59
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:18pmHe would have done nothing,Nada,zilch!
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2AM
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:58pmWhat a bunch of government ****-kissers. “Yes, sir! Whatever you say, sir!” Nuremberg judges were just following protocol, too- did that make it right? He didn’t have to do that the way he did. He is an employee of the citizens, not an authority to the citizens. She didn’t want to get out of the car because she was obviously afraid of him for grabbing her. She was SUCH A THREAT.
Now, forward your cute little comments to the “authorities” then roll over and show them your bellies, maybe they will pet you. Good dogs.
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Old Truckers
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:15pm2AM,
I ask again; What would you do if that was your mom?
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Tri-ox
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:45pm77 year-old lawbreaker with a bad attitude. She refused to comply with the officer’s request, she resisted arrest and she got what she deserved. What a nasty woman.
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randy
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:45pmArrogant SOB.
I would have arrested her also.
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TEXASGRANNY73
Sep. 14, 2012 at 7:38amWomen aren’t sob, men are.
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Detroit paperboy
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:43pmMeanwhile a welfare receiving , child molesting, drug dealing , drunk driving, member of a gang illegal alien………….is driving right on by …..laughing !!!!!!!!hahahahahahaha…….thank you democrats for this police / nanny state………..good thing she wasn’t drinking a large soda…….
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:13pmSo if a town has a drug problem & everyone knows that per city policy the cops will never pull someone over for speeding until the get the drug problem solved, then we all know that everyone will drive under the speed limit & there will not be an increase in traffic fatalities.
Yup makes sense to me.
Either that or you have to spend some time dealing with each type of problem
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F_This
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:43pmI don’t give a damn how old or young you are, the law is the law. You want to be a smartazz and not do what an officer asks, even politely and numerous times, you get what you deserve. All the probable liberal had to do was show her ID and he may have even let her go. While the Obama’s eat lobster every nite, these officers earn peanuts and have one of the most dangerous jobs there is, mainly because of liberals, thugs, and lowlife welfare recipients.
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freeberty
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:59pmWelfare recipients are just amateurs compared to the professional union government thugs when it comes to stealing money out of the taxpayers pocket.
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rookorami
Sep. 14, 2012 at 12:20amFreeberty, Huh?! The cops provide a service while welfare recipients do what? Sell drugs? Leach and provide no benefit? The most dangerous part of cops job is their most routine… Traffic stops. They risk their lives daily and most would take a bullet for a stranger. How can you call that a thug? For what these officers do they get paid jack. Are there bad cops sure, but those are the only ones we here about. You do not hear in the media about the nice cop that let some one off with a warning or gave a helping hand. Its part of their job they do not require thanks. There are more good than bad cops we just do not hear about them because they are doing hard job with little to no thanks from the public.
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JACKTHETOAD
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:43pmAnother twerp that was picked on as a kid and has an axe to grind with everybody so he became a cop. I’m sure you all know that type. He was born and he’ll die gutless.
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WickedJ
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:42pmI think he did the right thing. This lady figured she was above the law, and he still took it WAY easy on her. I’m a 24yr old male who grew up in TX and if I had acted that way to a TX cop, he would have punched me in the face and kicked me in the balls and I’d be thankful as hell he didn’t gouge my eyes out while he was at it. You DON’T mouth off to a TX cop!! It’s “yes sir”, “no sir”, “here’s my license sir”, and “have a good day, officer”. Nothing about “you listen to me” or “I’ll give it to you in later” or “go ahead and take me to jail”. Unless she was a tourist, she should have known better.
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freeberty
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:53pmThe only thing you just proved is that some how you never had a grandmother or great grandmother, either way you should never speak again until you have some life experience regarding any situations that a 77 yr old woman finds herself in
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neither1
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:01pmAhhhh, you don’t see a problem with that? I think you’ve just illustrated the problem that people are having with this video.
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WickedJ
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:27pmMy grandma was smart enough to know how to act to a cop, and she was classy enough to act classy too, so this kinda thing would never have happened to her. I’m not denying that the way Texans have to act toward cops is totalitarian, but this lady was dumb white trash. You live in Texas, you should know how to act towards TX cops.
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WickedJ
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:37pmBut Neither1, I know exactly what you’re saying and completely agree with you. When dealing with TX cops, just for good measure, you should probably throw in a “You look very handsome today, sir” and “Can I please shine your boots before you go, sir?”. That’s just the way things are here, and that’s my point: he went WAY easy on her. Most TX cops, especially the ones in the backwoods like Keene, would have just knocked her teeth out with a nightstick, poured sugar in her gas tank and drove off. She’s in TX, she should have known better.
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freeberty
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:38pmApparently your grandmother wasn’t smart or classy enough to teach you that all 77 yr old women regardless of social status should be shown respect at all times.
Now we all know who the white trash is.
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WickedJ
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:43pm@freeberty, and of course, in the end, you can only agree with me. Respect is not the same as feeling entitled. You should see the movie “Falling Down”. NOBODY gets to be treated special just because of their age, race, sex, or story. Equal means equal. Get used to it.
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freeberty
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:01pmWow, Your going to fit in perfectly, in the everyone is equal police state future, good luck.
I don’t have a movie suggestion, just plug in Hitler youth or Brownshirt into your search.
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WickedJ
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:13pmI’m not the one who started with the personal attacks. You can’t even see past your own ignorant rage to debate a simple point. You call me a fascist because you’re just another OWS commie. Tell me why she should get to resist arrest, refuse to produce a drivers license, and get away scot-free. Or you go back to Zuccotti Park and protest capitalism and the rule of law with all the other communists.
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WickedJ
Sep. 13, 2012 at 10:28pmWhen I’m 77, I’m just gonna tell your grandkids to fork over every cent they have or else they’re being “disrespectful” to their elder. That’s definitely what her generation is doing to me
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Verceofreason
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:41pmIf I was her I’d done peed in his back seat. I would!
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:27pmAnd as a city administrator there would be any administrative charge to for the car seat to be professionally cleaned with a markup for the city having to handle the paperwork.
So she could pay the ticket, her insurance agents increased premiums for being a risky speeder & a charge for cleaning up city property. She wins 3 times over! SSSUUUWWWEEEET!
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GoPokes
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:40pmHope you’re proud of yourself, pig! You ‘followed procedure’!! Your job is safe for another day… Guess we’re all safer having your geriatric dragging, badge-kissing tuchas out there, looking for another ‘reason’ to flex your biceps!!!
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KangarooJack
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:47pmYou d*ck. You are a stupid early 20 something female who FEELS bigger for posting such drivel. This VERY same officer will probably be the one to help your sorry azz out when your latest “life partner” decides YOUR face is a checkerboard.
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:53pmShe figured she is a senior citizen with a disability (bladder infection). If she says I give you the license e alter, then she can disappear & say someone else was driving the car.
Or she was hoping he would forget or not think it was worth pursuing.
This woman is not a pig. She is a sow. To call her you say soooouuuuuiiiieeeee.
If she had hit someone then what would you say. Nothing, because with the shiny new SUV, she could afford a lawyer to sue you.
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oldduffer
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:40pmAGE discrimination. White racist cop. That’s right they’re both white. How about SHE’S a she? Where is the ACLU? Where are the libs. to get onto the “pigs”. LOL!
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hersey10
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:39pmIn an odd way, I wish voting booths were this adamant about ID’s .
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13th Imam
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:39pmBut he can’t ask for her green card? Brave Man
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sizzler2220
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:38pmNext time just tell the cop you are an illegal and he will let you ride!
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grimmster
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:36pmGuess she found out, that showing her i.d to an officer of the law, trumps a ******* contest anyday……
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Walkabout
Sep. 13, 2012 at 8:54pmNice. I am making sure my kids see this, so they don’t try to weasel out of a ticket by lying.
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PoliticalTs.com
Sep. 13, 2012 at 9:33pmIf this were Mayberry, what the cop would have done, is follow her to a place with a bathroom, and then wait for her and write the ticket while she was peeing. EWhat if she really did have a medical problem, and suffered some injury after being detained. Cmon, a 77 year old woman, is not going to try to out run the Police. He already has her license plate. We need to respect out elders a little bvetter than this, and give them the benefit of the doubt.
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Walkabout
Sep. 14, 2012 at 11:06amElderly have run drugs before down interstates for cartels.
She has been around for 4 generations. She has TV & has read newspapers, there is a town library & I bet with that shiny SUV she has internet access. She should know how to deal with law enforcement.
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