Drag a cop - get probation
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A woman who allegedly dragged a Chicago police officer for several blocks through River North while trying to evade a traffic stop has been sentenced to probation.
Jasmine Smith, 30, pleaded guilty this month to aggravated fleeing through two or more traffic control devices and resisting police. Judge Lauren Edidin handed down the sentence.
Officers pulled Smith over for a traffic violation in the 700 block of North State on the afternoon of December 7, 2020. Prosecutors said during her initial bail hearing that she had a state ID but no driver’s license, so the cops asked her and her passenger to step out of the car.
But Smith and the passenger refused to get out, prompting a cop to reach through the passenger-side window to remove her seatbelt, prosecutors said. That’s when Smith allegedly put the car into drive and accelerated down State Street with the cop hanging out of the side window.
The officer tried to put the car into park as Smith dragged him down the street, “disregarding multiple red lights” along the way, according to prosecutors. Once the cop managed to get the car into park, the passenger allegedly told her to keep going. Smith put her car back into drive and sped away with the officer still hanging out of the vehicle, an assistant state’s attorney said during the December 8, 2020, bail hearing.
The cop shifted the car into park again after being “dragged several city blocks,” according to prosecutors. Smith then allegedly struggled with officers who tried to take her into custody.Private security cameras, CPD vehicle dashcams, and officers’ body-worn cameras allegedly recorded the incident.
"Allegedly"
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!!!!!
Is that judge insane?
A much smaller point, though: Did the cop have the right to reach into her car to disengage the seatbelt? What was he intending to do when he got it disengaged? Drag her from the car?
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!!!!!
Is that judge insane?
A much smaller point, though: Did the cop have the right to reach into her car to disengage the seatbelt? What was he intending to do when he got it disengaged? Drag her from the car?
@Catseye3 said in Drag a cop - get probation:
!!!!!
Is that judge insane?
A much smaller point, though: Did the cop have the right to reach into her car to disengage the seatbelt? What was he intending to do when he got it disengaged? Drag her from the car?
Cops can use force to detain someone, if that person does not go willingly, and if there is cause for the detainment. That's called an arrest, and it's part of their job.
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Read this as Drag Cop at first…
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Here's a fun story from one of my favorites on youtube called ActualJusticeWarrior. A criminal from Chicago committed some heinous crimes and bragged as he was brought in, that he'd be out within a couple days. Turns out, he wasn't in Cook County, and the DA of the neighboring county got in front of cameras to inform everybody that his county doesn't work that way.
A nice case in point for those who are confused as to the practice of justice, and how outcomes don't always have much to do with whether a person is declared guilty or not guilty.
Link to video
