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10-08-2012, 08:07
dwalker460

In the WTF Department...

Mom arrested for letting her kids play outside???http://kdvr.com/2012/09/20/mom-arres...-play-outside/

LA PORTE, Texas — Thanks to YouTube, which has helped a video clip produced by a local T.V. station go viral, the nation is hearing the story of a mom who was arrested for letting her kids play outside.
The police officer who arrested Tammy Cooper said he received a call that her children were playing in the street unsupervised. Cooper said she was sitting in a chair on her porch a few feet away at the time.
After reviewing the details of the case, the Harris County District Attorney dropped the charges, but that didn’t prevent Cooper from spending a night in jail. And now, the La Porte mom is suing the police department.
According to KPRC, Cooper said her children, ages 9 and 6, were riding their motorized scooters in a cul-de-sac when the officer arrived. At that point, she was informed a neighbor had accused her of child endangerment.
Cooper said she was handcuffed, put in the back of a police car and forced to spend 18 hours behind bars. She said police also questioned her terrified children.
“My daughter had him (the police officer) around the leg saying ‘Please, please don’t take my mom to jail. Please, she didn’t do anything wrong,’” Cooper told KPRC.
The La Porte Police department defended its officer in a statement.
“We are confident in the known actions of the responding officers,” the department wrote. “In addition, officers did contact the Harris County District Attorney’s Office while on the scene that evening, upon which their Office accepted charges of Abandoning a Child on Ms. Cooper.”
In the video clip above, KPRC can be seen reaching out to the neighbor who reported Cooper to police. The woman declined to comment.
10-08-2012, 08:15
BPTactical

Neighbor battle.
10-08-2012, 08:17
merl

yep, nasty one. unless there is some history with these kids not being reported.
10-08-2012, 08:25
Byte Stryke

The more I hear about crap in Texas the more I love Colorado
10-08-2012, 08:27
DD977GM2

Quote:

Originally Posted by Byte Stryke

The more I hear about crap in Texas the more I love Colorado

+1

I do wish I owned around 10k acres in the Austin area to kick out the hippies, other than that you can have Texas.
10-08-2012, 08:43
spittoon

that is why i live in the mountains what the hell changed when when we was kids mini bikes go carts bikes and no helmets go out side any time come back at lunch and dinner now we have libtards they run your life and some cops with on commence
10-08-2012, 09:25
Teufelhund

Better to spend the night in jail than to just be shot in the face, though I would prefer neither.
10-08-2012, 09:27
Ronin13

Now her plan of action should be- after she gets done going after the PD- find out who the neighbor was that called it in, and keep a close eye on them... They slip up just once, call the popo on them. [Tooth]
10-08-2012, 10:21
Byte Stryke

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Originally Posted by Ronin13

Now her plan of action should be- after she gets done going after the PD- find out who the neighbor was that called it in, and keep a close eye on them... They slip up just once, call the popo on them. [Tooth]

My Neighbor is walking through their back yard with ... what looks to be a pipe... no, more like the plumbing kind.

and I think its smoking...
10-08-2012, 10:31
Teufelhund

Ridiculous that anyone can be arrested and charged based on someone else's unfounded accusation. Heresay isn't admissible in a court room, why is it taken as gospel on the street? Sounds a lot like "guilty until proven innocent."
10-08-2012, 13:26
Ah Pook

Wonder how many times the neighbor asked Cooper to give the scooters a rest before calling the cops.

Personally, I hate the noise those things make.
10-08-2012, 13:41
clublights

Hell I seem to recall being all but ACCTUALLY locked out of the house to play outside.

Just be home before the streetlights came on was the rule in my house as a kid.

being inside was for saturday morning cartoons and homework.. other then that get yer ass outside and PLAY.
10-08-2012, 13:48
Ronin13

Quote:

Originally Posted by clublights

Hell I seem to recall being all but ACCTUALLY locked out of the house to play outside.

Just be home before the streetlights came on was the rule in my house as a kid.

being inside was for saturday morning cartoons and homework.. other then that get yer ass outside and PLAY.

Same here... All summer we were encouraged to stay outside- the only time we went in was if the weather was bad or to eat. [Beer]
10-08-2012, 14:04
Teufelhund

Ditto. I was out of the house and finding a dirt pile to play in, riding my bike for miles, building tree-houses and rolling in poison ivy all weekend. They couldn't have kept me in the house if they had tried.

Maybe they would prefer kids stayed inside playing video games and eating cheesy poofs.