Woman Sues Cops Claiming She Was Forced to Listen to Limbaugh — on Her Way to Jail!
- Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:14pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A Texas woman is suing the local sheriff’s office because she said she was forced to listen to Rush Limbaugh — in a police car on her way to jail.
Bridgett Nickerson Boyd, who is black, was arrested in Harris County last year for driving on the shoulder. She said a white sheriff’s deputy made her listen to Limbaugh “make derogatory comments about black people” in the squad car, according to Houston radio station KTRH.
Even though a judge dismissed the driving charges, Boyd is alleging “defamation, false imprisonment and emotional distress” in a federal suit against the county.
Troy Pradia, Boyd’s attorney, told KTRH his client shouldn‘t have had to listen to Limbaugh’s “racial” comments.
“If there is a white person that is arrested by a black officer and that officer is listening to the Black Panther radio network and certain things are said…I think the white person in the back of the police car they would feel something’s wrong too,” Pradia told the station’s Matt Patrick.
Although Pradia said he thinks the suit is “being blown out of proportion” and that it was originally filed over the arresting charges, he added that if you’re a police officer, “your political views shouldn‘t play a part in when you’re making an arrest for the citizens of Harris County or Huston.”
Patrick asked how Boyd could be so sure the arresting officer agreed with Limbaugh’s statements.
Pradia didn’t answer directly, only saying “it‘s a difference when you’re a public servant.”
Listen to the full interview below, courtesy of KTRH:
The station reached out to the Harris County Sheriff‘s Office and found there isn’t a policy regarding whether or not a deputy is allowed to have the radio on while there’s a suspect in the car.
“It’s the officer’s choice even if the radio’s on. Most of the time the radio will be turned off,” Robert Goerlitz of the Harris County Deputies Organization said.
Gerald Treece, associate dean of the South Texas College of Law, told KTRH he doesn’t think Boyd has a case.
“The fact the radio‘s on doesn’t mean that people are forced to listen to it, so my thinking is that while I understand her personal discomfort I don’t think it comes to the level of a federal civil rights violation,” he said.
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Comments (227)
ChuckJ
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:31pmIf you don‘t wanna listen to someone else’s radio then don’t get into their car. In this loser‘s case don’t get arested.
Report Post »sabrinacle
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:39pmlol
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:39pmVERY EASY to requisition the broadcast material at the time of her little trip to the big house. $50 says she’s completely fabricating.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:10pmAs Michel Berry says ,she is problely a vunivel from SheiLA JackSON Lee`s district.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:20pmTo libs if you don`t like Obama`s policies,then you are racist.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:49pmBridgett Nickerson Boyd, who is black, <<<< I love the Blaze political correctness right out the window where it ought to be. LMFAO !!!
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:59pmfunny just by the lawyers voice I can tell he’s black ,why is that ? Also he is admitting that the black panthers are racist. As if we didn’t know.. KILL CRACKA BABIES !!!
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:10pmLmao
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:53pmI agree with getting the transcript from the time frame. It’s a knee jerk reaction for any liberal to say Rush is a racist…they don‘t know any better because that’s what all their role models do.
Report Post »CatholiConservative
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 9:22pmNevermind the fact that if rush had actually made racist comments on air- or really demonstrated anysort of racism in any arena- he would go the way of keith olbermann very quickly
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:06pmThe way that I see it, Rush should sue her for racism against him.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:12pmGive it time perp. The innoculation may take a few weeks to kick in. But eventually you come to thank Rush.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:21amCan you spell: frivolous?
Report Post »Unstable Phenomenon
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 12:36pmYou know what’s funny here, my 9 year old son makes more sense than this law suit. Heck my 9 year old son has more common sense than this Boyd character and her lawyer, lol.
Report Post »gracentruth
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:28amExactly right.
Report Post »neke
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:31pmI listen to Rush regularly, never heard him make offensive racial comments. Now as an active Police Officer, I can say that my prisoners listen to what ever I’m listening too. Don’t like it, don’t get arrested.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:03pmAMEN brother. We the people are behind you.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:04pmWow, does that mean we can sue all the MSM when we happen to turn on the TV and hear their garbage or if we are at someone’s house that is listening to them?
Report Post »quicker
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:25pmI think we have loser pay here in Texas .And if we don`t we need to this would stop a lot of these stuppid law suits.
Report Post »timej31
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:36pmAgree. I do roll up the windows when I have bad gas and blame the sewage plant.
Report Post »Pujols
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:53pmIt is hard the first time you hear the truth. But the Truth is not racist.
Report Post »GunSlingerTexas
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:03pmYour wrong, Rush makes not only racial comments but class warfare comments that are demeaning to many people. He uses words like WORK, RESPONSIBLE, INTEGRITY, OVER TAXATION, and has a habit of pointing out that government officials tell lies about the economy and taxes. This women has every right to be suing this deputy, because that harmful content may cause her to do something reckless and endanger more people like her, if could cause her to get a job or become an opponent of the idiot in the white house and that would be damaging to her way of life and destroy the principals people like chucky shumer use to prey upon people with!
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:08pmJust another black playing the race card for no reason.
Report Post »six6six
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:34pmI think listening to Rush constitutes “cruel and unusual” punishment.
Report Post »Primekid
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:48pmExactly and thank you. I can‘t tell you how many times I was a passenger in someone else’s car and had to listen to some kind of music or whatever else they had on that I might have found intolerable. I never once came under the delusion that I had the right to tell them what they could listen to in their own car let alone sue the person. LOL Utterly ridiculous!
Report Post »Me1979
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:47pmRight on. The criteria that liberals use to say what is and what is not “racist” is so far out there that they themselves often cannot pass the test.
Yet they expect us to. Wow.
Report Post »lcovar
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 6:26pmI agree.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:31pmIf she was just driving on the shoulder, why would she be arrested? Wouldn’t that just be clasified as careless driving requiring just a ticket? Certainly this fine citizen was just on her way to church and found herself at the hands of the evil “white” opressive police.
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:01pmThey must not have driven her around enough…
Report Post »Rabidconservative
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:17pmanything you can be written a ticket for you can go to jail for. Even speeding or no seatbelt can enable a officer to place you under arrest. Like most thing concerning these matters it is up to the officers discretion.
Report Post »ilovestock
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:27pmRaabid is correct, but it likely started out as a ticketable offense, but the lady talked herself into going to jail.
Report Post »meusmarine
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:23pmshe was prob. driving on the shoulder because she was listening to Rush and yelling at the radio.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 1:02am@jlgunner
Report Post »From the sounds of it and the sounds of her, I would have to say that she probably attacked the police officers because they were being racist for stopping her in the first place.
Pattondog
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:30pmon the way to jail for your crime, while listening to Limbaugh, what specificaly was said deliberately that was 100% with absolution that was racist. please specify what exactly was said verbatim that was racist.
Report Post »when she loses this trumped up charge she should have to reimburse the state for the court cost and rush should be able to sue her for slander.
turkey13
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:04pmIf she is still in jail Rush should be broadcast 24/7 as loud as possible. Has this nut not heard of the first ammendment.
Report Post »Rorchach
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:29pmMore poor pitiful me syndrome, can’t stand to be offended, you know you don’t have a right not to be offended!! What a sad society we have be come when we allow crap like this clog the court system.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:29pmRush does not speak ebonics so I am surprised she understood him.
Sergei
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:42pmThat’s funny…
Report Post »HMNSC
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:53pmShe obviously didn’t understand him…she thought he made disparaging comments about blacks.
Report Post »Zorba53
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:28pmI don’t know whether to laugh or cry… our country has been taken over by crybabies, malcontents and communists/socialists. This is the stupidest lawsuit I have EVER heard about and I’ve heard about plenty. Eve3ryone’s a victim of someone else, and no one’s responsible for their own actions. GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:00pmLawsuits = Retirement Plan for non-savers AND attorneys!!
Report Post »azjeff1963
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:17pmyep….after the politician’s the attorneys are the next to go.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:27pmAnother dumb@ss trying to sue for nothing is not new. She cannot compare Limbaugh with the black panthers because he is not racist nor does he promote violence against a race. The black panthers, on the other hand, routinely say things like ‘kill the crackers and their babies”. Limbaugh is a political show and the panthers are anti-white racist.
Report Post »mrbuff1959
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 9:27pmthis ******* is for cane.
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 3:27pmI saw the replay of his (Cain’s) speech to some conservative group where he outlined some of his problem-solving approaches. I tell you … this man is a leader, not like our bumbler-in-chief.He actually gave me hope, which is a rare sentiment these days.
It was funny … because he noticed some people in the audience were chanting: “YES WE CAIN!”.
Before his speech, I was behind Bachmann, who is still a great woman. But Cain is really no-nonsense and hard-nosed.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:25pmTo Bridget: It’s called free-speech, sweetheart. What? Was the police officer on duty saying those things? I think not. Be careful of what you wish for– if you win, the TVs in airports and hotel lobbies may have to give equal time to Fox….
Report Post »Maji
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:25pmPlease!
Report Post »Really?
You know the gov.is selling guns to
The cartel….and someone is complaining
About radio!!!
IBLEEDREDWHITEANDKENTUCKYBLUEGOCATS
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:24pmI have never heard rush degrade a black man or any man for that matter find the audio of rush saying what she claims and you got a case but she is a lying sack of crap trying to get a free payday p e r i o d.
Report Post »foosgoddess
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:24pmFunny…I listen to Rush a lot and I’ve never heard him say anything against blacks. I would say she should have to produce the audio from that day and prove her allegations.
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:36pmI agree. This needs to be thrown out. Lawsuits like this are part of the reason why our country is in such turmoil. Police officers won’t be able to listen to the radio now.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:23pmShe said a white sheriff’s deputy made her listen to Limbaugh “make derogatory comments about black people” in the squad car. Obviously she wasn‘t LISTENING to Limbaugh because he doesn’t make derogatory comments about blacks or anyone else except liberals who deserve it regardless or color.
Report Post »Sorocialism
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:23pmWe should install personal radios in the back of the patrol cars so the “suspects” can have their own musical preference. This would be fair.
Or we should simply put the radio controls in the back.
OR better yet…lets just let the “suspects” drive and control the radio while the officer rides in the back.
This is ridiculous.
Report Post »randy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:22pmSeem every time I turn on the boob tube, I’m forced to watch Obama for a split second before I am able to change the channel.
Is there a Lawyer in the Land of The Blaze Land who will take this case for me?
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:22pmif she would have listened to Rush, she probably would have learned more than all her years attending school, assuming she went to school…
Report Post »Marine 1
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:21pmNo, no, you don’t understand Ms. Boyd, that’s part of your rehabilitation. It’ s new program started by the Harris County Department of Corrections to straighten your sorry @$$ out. You see, you’ve been listenting to Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Waters, Piven,and so many others that you ran right of the correct path and got caught. You’ll be just fine after you listen to Limbaugh, Beck and Hank Williams, Jr. for a year or two. Buck up little camper. Oh, and pay your fine for being stupid!
Report Post »MySacredHonor
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:21pmOMG!!! and i thought the nit with with the McDonald’s coffee was the high mark for lame… the bar just got raised!
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:41pmThe other recent crowning jewel was the lady that was sueing Mc Donalds because of the toys in the happy meals. She said it made her upset to tell her kids no when they continuously asked for a happy meal. The mothers exact words ” I don’t want to cause a big problem, just give me some money and I’ll go away”.
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:20pm1) You cannot equate Limbaugh to Black Panther radio.
Report Post »2) If it was a white person complaining about listening to black panther radio, I’d tell them to quit driving on the shoulder and they can stay in their own car and make their own listening choices.
trolltrainer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:20pmOh, she does indeed have a case! Is she was forced to listen to someone make racist remarks she should sue!
Now, Brid-gett, you go and find that racist old Rush Limbaugh transcript and PROVE your case. You show the court what Rush said that was racist and offensive to you. Good luck on that one B.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:19pmI won’t dignify this with a comment!
Report Post »smylok
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 3:51pmYou just did.
Report Post »Scarybones
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:19pmI’ll bet that if there was no radio and no talking that she would sue for emotional distress fro having to sit quietly with her own thoughts.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:19pmAnother loser looking for an quick easy payday.
Report Post »Lumbar Spine
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:18pmCruel and unusual punishment…
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:29pmI’m curious. What’s your idea of good radio?
Report Post »Scorpio
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:17pmI didn’t even know that police cars had radios in them to be honest.
Report Post »ChuckJ
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:30pmDriving around a city for 8 to 12 hours (depending on the city’s work hours) with nothing to listen to. Try it yourself you’ll have something on before the 8 hours is over.
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