Fuller Malarkey
Regular Member
Man who gave homeless man 75 cents gets pulled over by police
http://www.click2houston.com/news/m...on/-/1735978/23954126/-/151paphz/-/index.html
"He's screaming. He's yelling. He's telling me to get out of the car. He's telling me to put my hands on the hood," said Snider.
Snider said the officer pulled him out of the car, handcuffed him and put him in the back of a police car, as ten more police cars were also pulling up.
"They're like, 'We saw you downtown. We saw what you did,'" said Snider. "I was like, 'Are you kidding me? I gave a homeless man 75 cents.'"
Snider said the officer accused him of giving the man drugs. The officer asked to search Snider's car and Snider said he agreed.
Whoops.
The officer brought in drug sniffing dogs. Snider said he sat handcuffed for an hour until an officer told him their search turned up no drugs.
"He said everything was a misunderstanding and that I was free to go," said Snider.
Dog tore up his car. Cops laugh and say sorry about your luck. Now Snider deals with the thin blue line of silence and resistance.
Being accountable and responsible for your actions isn't all that hard. I don't think that the police resistance to accountability in what they did to this person is about accountability. Or responsibility.
It's about power. And control.
Does that fall under the "protect" part, or the "serve" part?
http://www.click2houston.com/news/m...on/-/1735978/23954126/-/151paphz/-/index.html
"He's screaming. He's yelling. He's telling me to get out of the car. He's telling me to put my hands on the hood," said Snider.
Snider said the officer pulled him out of the car, handcuffed him and put him in the back of a police car, as ten more police cars were also pulling up.
"They're like, 'We saw you downtown. We saw what you did,'" said Snider. "I was like, 'Are you kidding me? I gave a homeless man 75 cents.'"
Snider said the officer accused him of giving the man drugs. The officer asked to search Snider's car and Snider said he agreed.
Whoops.
The officer brought in drug sniffing dogs. Snider said he sat handcuffed for an hour until an officer told him their search turned up no drugs.
"He said everything was a misunderstanding and that I was free to go," said Snider.
Dog tore up his car. Cops laugh and say sorry about your luck. Now Snider deals with the thin blue line of silence and resistance.
Being accountable and responsible for your actions isn't all that hard. I don't think that the police resistance to accountability in what they did to this person is about accountability. Or responsibility.
It's about power. And control.
Does that fall under the "protect" part, or the "serve" part?