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Woman to 911: Please Send Officer to ‘Scare the Sh** Out of My Kids’ … Police to Woman: Welcome to Jail

Mar. 15, 2013 10:02am Jonathon M. Seidl

Woman arrested for calling police to scare the shi* out of her kids

Melissa Townsend (Source: WKMG-TV)

A Brevard County, Florida, woman was arrested on Tuesday after she called 911 to make an odd request: “I need a police officer to come out and scare the sh** out of my kids.”

The woman, 27-year-old Melissa Townsend, called police after her kids, aged 1 and 3, apparently weren’t listening to her.

WKMG-TV has the full remarks and the dispatcher’s response:

“I need a police officer to come out and scare the (expletive) out of my kids,” Townsend said on the 911 call. “They’re not listening to me and they need to learn respect. They need to learn that lesson.”

The dispatcher told the upset mother that police would not do what she asked.

“We don’t come out and scare kids,” the dispatcher said.

Police did end up responding, but not to scare the kids. They wanted to teach her a lesson about the proper use of 911. When they arrived, she was drunk. And when they tried to arrest her, she kicked them.

She was taken in on multiple charges, including child neglect and battery on a law enforcement officer.

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trigger
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:18pm
people are getting dumber everyday. people calling 911 because they feel McDonalds shorted them on fries and requesting them pick them up a carton cigs.

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- jbcheesehead
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:26pm
  She was so wasted she put her mascara on the wrong lashes.
  
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- dwilco77
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:41pm
  What is really scary, is that one or two guys had kids with her.
  
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- NoSleeper
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 4:49am
  Well, in the baby-daddy defense, they were probably drunk, too.
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_By_Zee_Arteeest_Beck
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:47pm
  “Woman to 911: Please Send Officer to ‘Scare the Sh** Out of My Kids’ … Police to Woman: Welcome to Jail”
  
  Slave mentality much from TheBlaze posters here?
  
  So-o-o-o, when they come for YOU (that’s right, they will INVENT any law to come after you), the question will still be — How’s that whole Police-(standing army)-Department thingy working out for everyone? America’s Founders lived it, greatly feared it, and warned us of it … so we are without excuse.
  
  “LAPD Police-thugs Bravely Subdue Dangerous TV News Camera”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkvNrtk6GJ0
  
  Past time to put an end to the government thugs and disband the police “standing army” departments (because they’re here for a reason … a very bad reason):
  “America: Freedom To Fascism”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNNeVu8wUak
  
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skunkbear
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:55pm
Yet another example as to why you should NEVER call the police. They are not your friend – indeed they are your enemy.

As for her being drunk – where is the proof? The cops say she was drunk. Cops say she kicked them. Cops lie. And then lie some more. But all you “law and order” conservatives just worship anyone in gubment uniform and believe whatever they say.

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- rovinrobin
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:18pm
  Oh for crying out loud, dude, look at the mug shot. She’s higher than a kite.
  
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- lookatthefactsjack
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:19pm
  Count your marbles
  
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- CommonSenseTalk
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:46pm
  I’m sure they search her house and removed any and all guns also. This will be how the government takes every American gun. Use any reason you can to get into a home and then the media will say anything we tell them to. There is more to the story, I’m sure.
  
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- conservredneck
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:51pm
  History takes precedence. Dealing from both sides; drunks, drug addicts, good and bad people in general due to 20 yrs of voluntary service with young kids and their parents. I have say that your theory holds no water.
  
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- @Ft.Benning
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 7:31pm
  So you think the police and this womans’ infant children were conspiracy to set this woman up?
  
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- QuincySmith
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 4:11pm
  stinkybear;
  
  I wanted to report your comment (as being really dumb). But decided I would be doing the same thing this woman did.
  
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- skunkbear
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:47pm
  ROVINROBIN,”Oh for crying out loud, dude, look at the mug shot. She’s higher than a kite.”
  
  Or very distraught and in need of help not harassment.But I am glad you have calibrated alcohol sensors in your eyes and can see how drunk she is from a mug shot.
  
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- skunkbear
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:56pm
  @FTBENNING, “So you think the police and this womans’ infant children were conspiracy to set this woman up?”
  
  What I think is that this woman was obviously overwhelmed and was asking for help, although certainly not appropriately, but instead of getting help they put her into the criminal “justice” system. Jail was not the answer here. That is why calling the cops is never the answer.
  
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- skunkbear
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:58pm
  QUINCYSMITH, “stinkybear;
  
  I wanted to report your comment (as being really dumb).”
  
  Childish name calling aside, could you please elaborate as to which comment is dumb and why?
  
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steve_CPO-USN-Retired
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:03pm
She should talk to my Mom… She had no problem scaring the **** out of us (5 kids) all by herself. Kids 1 and 3, and she can’t handle them??? Wait until they’re teenagers. Article didn’t say if she was married or not… don’t know if she could use the big guns “wait until your Dad gets home.”

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- Grace1798
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:11pm
  She was drunk. She needed help, not jailed.
  
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- Free_Thinker
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:20pm
  Grace, they have drunk tanks at the jail for her to sober up in. She needed jail, it’s called 911 abuse and it’s against the law. What do you think she needed? A group hug?
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:23pm
  Grace1798, she gets help after being punished. You’re confused on the order of things.
  
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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:41pm
  My dad,s leather belt scared the s##t out of me. Calling the police is like a box of chocolates, you just don’t know what you are going to get.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 3:01pm
  There have been countless people that have called for help just to have the cops show up and kill their dog. Don’t call the cops for stupid crap, they will bust a cap in your pumpkin and then back-slap each other afterwards. You call the cops on OTHER people, not to come help you.
  
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- stumpy68
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 7:50pm
  If she wold have diciplined the kids they would have called the cops
  and she still would have ended up in jail some days it doest pay to pay attention
  
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123456beatriz
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:01pm
Idiots like her are who go and vote in elections!. This is one of the reasons to elect responsible people is turning very difficult.

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Just_Us2
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:20pm
I hate police as much as the next guy, but this woman was drunk and had to care for two small kids. She could have called a friend or relative, but she didn’t. None of what she did was even remotely responsible. What if one of the kids were injured and had to be brought to the hospital? I have two boys and there were trips to the ER for stitches and broken bones. Was she going to drive drunk? Bottom line, what she was doing was a criminal and required intervention for the safety of the kids. It is not OK to be drunk and responsible for the care of your children. It is not OK to think that calling the police to come and discipline your kids. This is not a matter of poor judgement, this is criminal. Her kids should be removed and she should go to counseling.
I cannot believe some here who do not see this as criminal. Do the kids have to die before you call the cops? The woman’s idiocy probably saved the kids a lot of grief in the long run.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:33pm
  When a person is “educated” in the public schools, where they are taught that the govt is “your father, your wife, your lover and your friend”, and that all things good come from the almighty state, I can see why she thought that the cops would come over and help her out. After all, the kids belong to the state, not the parents (sarc-for the stupid out there)
  
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- chavousc
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:33pm
  I don’t understand why people on here tend to hate the police. I really don’t.
  
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- Grace1798
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:53pm
  What makes you think she was in her right mind? She was drunk!
  
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- TX_Ag_Engineer
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:06pm
  When will people stop hating an entire group due to the bad behavior of a few. Yes, I’ve met some terrible cops, but I’ve also met some really nice respectful and helpful cops. Their job sucks. Because there was reasonable suspicion that these kids were in danger, they had to go into this house and confront this woman. It’s obvious from the transcript that she was acting erratically. It is a terrible thing to have to take a mom away from her kids, but you can’t leave the kids under the care of a completely wasted nutcase. Arresting her was the only way to make sure that she goes to counseling, which is probably what the judge will sentence her to. I just hope that she gets a handle on things. But all of you out there who want to tear into the cops for doing what they had to do, really need to reevaluate why you have so much hatred in your hearts.
  
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- Free_Thinker
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:18pm
  Why do you hate the police? Seems like everyone hates them until they need them for something. They are just doing a job that most people would never want to do. They get to see the very worst of society day in and day out. I’m not saying there are not bad cops out there, but don’t take it out on all of them.
  
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- missdagnytaggart
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:56pm
  Nobody in their right mind would get drunk while watching their kids. Plus she abused 911, potentially taking needed services away from someone in an actual emergency. Hope the judge throws the book at this dumb b&*ch
  
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- Comeandtakeit
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:06pm
  Lets once again make the argument of what happens with out of wedlock births. Here is a good example. Daddy has become the state (911) instead of a real daddy. this is what is happening in 35% of White Households, about 50% of Spanish speaking households and about 75% of Black Households. Isn’t it any wonder that Barack Obama was re-elected? He’s the biggest daddy of them all. Look at the SNAP rolls, the welfare rolls and the amount of people collecting unemployment. We ARE Doomed.
  
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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:09pm
She did not need the police to scare her children, the pics is enough to scare the Sxxx out of them!

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:20pm
  She is a meth addict. You can tell. Classic sores on the face.
  
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- Nuclear Bumpkin
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 8:15pm
  Meth was my first thought, too. Hopefully the kids can find loving, competent adults to raise them.
  
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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:07pm
And ‘Mom’ is now using the toilet at her county lock-up. Case closed.

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walnutportconservative
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:06pm
intervention… divine perhaps.

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Grace1798
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:00pm
BOTTOM LINE is this, who is helping this mom get help? Secondly, how does giving her a prison record help her?? DUH. In this case, the police DID THE WRONG THING! DUH. They can call social workers to get this girl and the kids the help they need. Don’t be stupid!

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- Bamagal0007
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:10pm
  C’mon Grace, it is against the law to abuse the 911 system…what iif they had been delayed to a life and death call because of this woman’s stupidity? Is no one responsible for what they do anymore?
  
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- CNYpatriot
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:12pm
  That is the kind of liberal thinking that got this country where it is. She doesn’t need help. She needs to make better decisions. The police were not wrong here. She needed to learn to stay sober while watching her small children and conduct her own discipline. She was wrong and she’ll pay the price. Good Job Officers!!!
  
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- Copper Catfish
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:22pm
  Would you let a drunk watch YOUR 1- and 3-year-olds? That in itself is neglect.
  
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- DesertWildFlower
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:24pm
  Having the cops coming at her door and arresting was the first step of getting her helped.
  
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rlimike
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:51am
Those kids will have to wait a few years … then the police will scare the crap outta them.

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- Grace1798
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:59am
  yea, just wait till they try to sell Lemonade and get arrested for not having a permit!!
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:23pm
  You got it Mike. They will wait until they are at least 12 or 13. Then, if they sense that the brats could interfere with their pensions or benefits they will beat their skulls in.
  
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solo1
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:20am
Drunk, probably a HERO single mom, but cant control two babies. Shouldnt this POS be standing in some line somewhere getting her check?

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:01pm
  Welcome to ” the lives of the trashy and the stupid”. She should also have been in line to be neutered a long time ago.
  
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- beotheous
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:03pm
  Must have been on the 2nd or 16th day of the month, check was cashed.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:48pm
  This is what communism and incessant welfare programs bring to our communities. Yep, tell a girl that she can spit out multiple brats, that she doesn’t have to work, and that the govt will steal money out of the paychecks of working stiffs, and give to her in perpetuity, this is what you get.
  
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b00giep0p
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:17am
Maybe she’d get more respect from her kids if she wasn’t a cop-kicking lush. Maybe.

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- J@ck_KvK
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:40am
  ROFL! I currently have a 3 year old that doesn’t listen to me until threatened with timeout, so I know how frustrating it can be. But that’s funny!
  
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- jujubeebee
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:47am
  Respect from a one and three year old? These are babies that she wants to scare. I think that is child abuse. You don’t teach respect with fear.
  
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heidihoneighbor
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:12am
Holy cow, you mean to tell me our Gov didnt jump at the chance to educate her children and teach them right from wrong?!im surprised biden and Feinstein dont have hotline parents can call for liberal hotline parents can call or better yet 24 hour liberal mentoring for every child.

Hey lady, put your foot up their behinds till they turn 18. If you didnt teach them respect then it makes sense that they dont have any.

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- busterpuddles
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:55am
  Heidi has it right.
  
  Also, I suspect this Townsend woman is really good for/at only one thing… That’s the first thing that came to mind when I saw that pic.
  
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- canadianlady
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:02pm
  A three year old is too not to understand why mommy is literally kicking her in the anus. Not to mention, it’s child abuse.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 3:31pm
  Canadianlady,
  Do you know the meaning of the word “literally”? It means “really, no exaggeration, for real, actually doing it”. Do you really know for sure that she actually kicked them in the anus? Right in the gas valve? You do not know that.
  
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txannie
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:09am
I can’t help but think the sight of a uniformed officer would be a welcomed sight after seeing this hag that says she is their mother….

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:52am
Well…at least she didn’t complain that McDonald’s did not give her enough fries.

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:52am
This was severely mishandled. Is it to much to ask a paid public e=servant to DO THEIR JOB? Where is the tact? Barney Fife could have handled this one. Now how much taxpayer money is going to be expended because some idiot cop attacked the customer? It would take nothing but 20 seconds to explain this to the woman and suggest a number she COULD CALL. 20 seconds. That’s all. Find out if the women is distraught for crying out loud.! The cops caused this, not the woman. Drop the charges against her. It reeks of jackbooted thuggery.

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- superchaos
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:13am
  So they should have left the intoxicated woman with her 1 and 3 year old to call another number? Older kids, MAYBE. A toddler and an infant? Are you serious?
  
  Maybe since the cops are paid public servants, they could have stayed and told the drunk slut to go sleep it off while they watch the kids. Maybe you didn’t read the whole article…
  
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- Grace1798
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:30am
  Absolutely. Lord, if the woman was drunk, get the parent’s telephone number and/or get a social worker over there to help her with the kids and then get some help for this woman. She needs to be evaluated and get therapy to overcome the alcoholism. In the meantime, possibly her mother and dad could help her out till she gets help. Sending her to prison, giving her a prison record is not the way. Again, these police are not very intelligent to do what they did. She is NOT a CRIMINAL for God’s Sake! I told you, in more cases than not, these police make these insane decisions instead of helping the person.
  
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- hi
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:55am
  I agree Ghandi
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:30pm
  SuperChaos,
  Cops are not paid “public” servants. They are paid “political” servants and revenue dogs. Please don’t be mislead. The public is only good for their money as far as the govt is concerned.
  
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- usedCZARsalesman
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:53pm
  TX…who are you calling a liar? Would you like me to link the official grievances I filed and all that?
  
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TJexcite
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:46am
She might have got some help if she did not call 911 but a non-emergency police number. They would have sent a case worker with a resource officer to “inspect” the home and have a talk.

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- smokie
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:20pm
  This Is true. I actually called the non emergency line for a cop to scare my neighbors. Their kids kept spitting and throwing rocks at my dog. Cop came in his big scary car, we made hand gestures at the row of houses so the neighbors could see us as they peeped out of their windows, in hiding.
  He took off, there was never a problem with that matter again.
  Of course, there was still meth running rampid, but hey, can’t win ‘em all.
  
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GuruMeditation
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:44am
Sorry but that is YOUR JOB lady!

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Gladileftcalifornia
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:44am
A woman’s trailer is her castle.

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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:56am
  Bill BJ Clinton will be there lickedysplit, dragging a sawbuck by a string..
  Never let a crisis go to waste.
  
  What difference does it make?
  
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Grace1798
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:22am
I remember the days when a woman would call the police (this was before 911) and the policeman would come out and defend and buddy up with the abusive husband. I saw this with my own eyes. Ultimately, my neighbor lady died from his constant beatings and the police? Nothing happened to them or the husband. This is how it’s always been folks. Loads of corruption … do NOT think they are on your side ever or that they will help you unless you are their best buddy and even then, suspect them, do not trust any of them.

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- fight_back
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:39am
  Soo..because you’ve seen corruption within A police department or with specific officers, now all police officers are corrupt? Your logic is pathetic. Most police officers are good people, they answered a calling and believe in law and order, and want to protect the innocent. You’ll “damn” the police, but when you need one they’re like the 2nd coming. Your story maybe true or it may be complete nonsense. If its true, its says a lot about you for not doing anything to expose this “corruption” and murder. You’re no better then the supposed crooked cops if not worse.
  
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- The_Fifth_Column
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:51am
  What does your comment have to do with the price of tea in China? She used 911 for a non emergency, she was drunk while attending her children ages 1 and 3, and she kicked the officers. Get real!
  
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- usedCZARsalesman
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:52am
  actually, FIGHTBACK (ironic name considering you are obviously one of the sheep that is not about to “fight back”), the MAJORITY of police officers all over the country are power drunk, pencil d!cked, bullies that failed at everything at life and then became an “officer of the law” in order to have power over people…
  
  just TWO DAYS AGO, I was driving home from work and a guy was tailgating me because I don’t speed in a company vehicle (ticket = fired). He then RAMMED my car TWICE before we pulled over to a stop. I got out of my vehicle and the man jumped out of his…without me saying ONE WORD to the man, he pulled out his registered pistol and put it right in my face, telling me repeatedly he would kill me.
  
  I called the cops, but when they arrived, they laughed and joked with him for 10 minutes…then GAVE HIM BACK HIS GUN AND LET HIM LEAVE! Then they harassed me for a few minutes, threatened to handcuff me if I didn’t “shut my mouth right now”, and I left.
  
  This is an EVERYDAY occurrence all over America…wake up my friend.
  
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- txannie
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:13am
  @usedcar…Just remember, the first liar in the liars club contest doesn’t stand a chance of winning.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:20am
Now.. if her kids were in a public school the cops would have no problem tazing them, handcuffing them, and beating them.

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Grace1798
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:18am
She was wrong but this 911 deal and the police go overboard. If someone accidentally dials 911 the police comes out even if you didn’t talk to the 911 operator. It’s INSANITY! FYI. Police Department only trains a policeman for FOUR …yes, you heard me, FOUR MONTHS. Most of these police are barely educated with little or no common sense. If you are in trouble, deal with it yourself, do not call these morons on 911.

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- TX_Ag_Engineer
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:09pm
  You have no idea what you are talking about. Most police departments require a degree, usually in criminal justice. The 4 months that you are talking about is just the academy, after they are hired. Then they have to ride along with a senior officer and there is constant continual training. Stop spouting nonsense.
  
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redfish52
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:15am
That photo say’s a lot…….

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:36am
  It does. I didn’t know Darryl Hanna was only 27 years old. I thought she was up closer to 50.
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:05pm
  I thought it was Darryl Hall. (sorry, Darryl.)
  
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4dogsandagun
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:13am
Sounds like divine intervention to me.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:11am
No get out of jail card for that lady.

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- BlackCrow
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:30am
  Lady?
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:45am
  Yeah… the term is being used loosely.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:56am
  Female – species undetermined.
  
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