Driving While Mexican

[lame54]

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/rookie-dallas-cop-tickets-woman-driv (for video)

From C&L:

A Dallas rookie police officer erred when he cited a woman earlier this month for being a non-English speaking driver, police said.

Bromley, 33, is a trainee officer in the Northeast Patrol division. His trainer on the date the ticket was issued was Senior Cpl. Daniel Larkin, 53, said Deputy Chief Tom Lawrence, Northeast Patrol commander.

Under the Dallas City Code, taxi drivers must be able to communicate in English. Mitchell said there is also a federal statute that says commercial drivers must speak English, but it would not have applied in this case.

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said this afternoon that his officers have written at least 39 citations to people over the past three years for not speaking English.

Apologizing publicly to the city's Spanish-speaking community, the chief said all officers and supervisors involved will be investigated for dereliction of duty. All pending citations will be dismissed, and people who paid fines will be reimbursed.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. This blows me away

Cops giving tickets for breaking imaginary laws. What assholes.

[liberalmuse]

2. Jesus Eff.

That's incredible. I hope there's a HUUUUUUUUGE civil suit.