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After Traffic Stop for Phone in Right Hand, She Called Out the Problem (www.nytimes.com)
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But before [the deputy] could get very far with his explanation, Ms. Thomas held up her right arm. There was no phone in it. There had never been a phone in it because she has no right hand.

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[–] 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ms. Thomas was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, but the Palm Beach County deputy who had conducted the stop requested the citation be dismissed, according to court records.

So in other words, after being confronted about his obvious mistake, he still went on to take her to court over it?

US in a nutshell

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    I saw the bodycam footage of this. The cop says "I saw you holding a phone in your right hand." She holds the arm up, showing the stump, smiles and says, "you wanna just call it?" And he just digs deeper; "no I don't want to call it, I saw you doing uhm..." blablabla excuses excuses citation.

    Fucking ego on cops. Could've just said, "hah, clearly my mistake" I stead of power tripping and ending up all over the internet. Although bet it won't affect his police career any.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    I think once they make a citation, they can't just instantly undo, because that could be a sign of bribing your way out of a ticket, so the next opportunity to reverse course on that is at court.

    Can any cops or lawyers confirm? I'm definitely not an expert.

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