| Listening to the account and the kids' voices as they tell the story, understanding that the girls parents are peace officers my admitted prejudice is for the kids in this case. The link that 40 cal provides give a different story, however, from the perspective of the arresting officer.
Question for 40cal: if you were writing someone up and they reached out and tried to do what the arresting officer claims, can you describe what would happen physically after that? Would an action where a suspect (ignorant of the right term) tries to violently do something like that cause you to step back with gun drawn, or would you signal for your partner to come help you restrain the suspect? I'm wondering what judgements and procedures would be standard amongst officers.
The whole thing seems very odd to me but I still side with the kids, I guess. I've done exactly that stupid thing of running a stop sign because I didn't look where I was going because I was distracted.
Could it be the kids ran the stop sign, knew it and made up the "being lost" story when the officer approached them, assuming their story is wrong and the officer approached them FIRST?
My brain hurts...
ML |