- This is In response to the below articles
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- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,75151,00.html
- http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/03/01/27473390.shtml?Element_ID=27473390
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- Probable cause to conduct a 'felony stop'?
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- "A felony stop is ordered when the occupants of
a car are thought to have been involved in a crime." - Beth Tucker
Womack (spokeswoman for the Department of Safety.)
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- This is ridiculous to see and really makes me mad! What
was the probable cause to conduct a 'felony stop'? There was no robbery
or crime reported for them to of been "thought" to of been involved
in. The only thing that was reported was by another passing motorist on
what they thought looked suspicious and were obviously wrong about!
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- For all the bull and settlements our tax dollars get
spent on I really hope this family gets a huge settlement for their ordeal
because they most definitely will be scared for life because of this "incident".
- I mean one minute your driving down the road a family
coming back from vacation and the next your handcuffed and forced to watch
your family pet get shot to death in your face by law enforcement - and
you still haven't done anything wrong! What kind of person are you left
as after that?
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- The driver even said to the officers multiple times that
he had dogs in the car. Isn't this where the officer would say "passenger
with your hands on your head, kick the door closed!?" Maybe officers
should be brushing up on their technique instead of working on the snappy
bad humor when not making arrest.
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- What happen in this case?
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- A crime is committed? NO
- A crime is reported? NO
- A suspect or suspects are wanted for a crime? NO
- Vehicle(s) matching the suspect(s) in a crime is reported?
NO
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- What exactly warranted this 'felony stop'?
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- A call made by a driver because of what she thought was
someone throwing money out the window on a highway and traveling at a high
rate of speed? Yes
- Money was found? Yes
- Any weapons reported being seen? NO
- An attempt to flee from the law or arrest? NO
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- This family should of been wanted for questioning and
nothing more
- I've seen people on the TV show COPS do worse things
and still get questioned first thing.
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- With the amount of officers at the scene and no crime
reported, no suspects or vehicles to associate why wasn't this just treated
as a routine traffic stop for questioning?
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- Just imagine what kind of situation a malicious person
could cause if they decided to randomly call in making reports on passers
by to see what happens...
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- Sincerely,
- Michael Allen
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