He followed procedures

Are you sure? The ACLU is only suing for the video and a copy of the procedures. If everything checks out, that’ll be the end of it.

So by your logic, if a cop is on “speed radar patrol” and sees a non -speed related infraction, he should not be allowed to do anything about it?

I wasn’t making any judgments about what should or should not have happened. I just said that I found it curious that the officer decided to abandon his assignment in favor of a low priority offense. He may have been entirely justified in doing so. Or maybe not

So by your logic, if a cop is on “speed radar patrol” and sees a non -speed related infraction, he should not be allowed to do anything about it? Does this mean that if a cop on speed patrol sees a robbery, that cop can’t stop it unless the robbers speed while getting away?

As for the racial profiling, do you have proof that he was only pulling over non-whites? The whole cry of “I was racially profiled”, is complete B.S..

Hey, now that I think of it, that cop was black. Maybe I should sue!

The cop pulled them over for breaking a law. He was probably gonna let em go with a warning. When he got there they were packed full in the van like sardines. He followed procedures and asked for a few I.D.’s. Whats so freakin racial about that? They couldn’t produce them. Know why? Because they were not citizens and were here illegally. So, the cop does the responsible thing and enforces the law. End of story.

Somehow pulling someone over for breaking the law is racial profiling?

Yeah, it can be. If you watch 10 white people commit the same offense, you’ll have a lot of explaining to do if you pull over the 11th guy who happens to be a minority. I’m not saying that’s the only explanation, but it can merit an investigation.

The ACLU, in a statement, said there are questions, including “why the trooper, who was on speed radar patrol, chose to leave his post to pull over the driver of this particular vehicle, whose only infraction was failing to use a turn signal, not speeding.”

That pretty much explains why the want to see the tape and policies. Failure to signal is an extremely low priority offense for most police departments, so it is curious that he left his radar post to pursue that particular vehicle.

BTW…I never lost any lawsuits because I hadn’t done anything wrong to begin with…as the article stated…I was just doing my job…

Apparently, the meat of the complaint is that the State Policeman is not a federal law enforecement official, and therefore has not the jurisdiction to bring these people to the ICE office. Of course this is a non-starter; if a State Policeman saw someone vandalizing a mailbox, they’d be within their rights to stop that person and arrest them, even though it’s a federal offense to tamper with the mail.

“Mistake after mistake has been made by this administration. Now, another 13 are dead and hundreds injured…”