ok, this happened when i was 14, (i am 20 now) One night, i was with my brother (he was only 16) and his 2 older friends, well we were pulled over by a state trooper, and they ended up towing the car, this was around midnight, we were 1 mile away from the next town. The trooper did call my brother and i's parents, or even offer to call for a ride..the nearest phone to us was inside a strip club near the are we got stopped. Well the trooper left us out there to walk, a 14,16 and two 18 year olds...at MIDNIGHT. none of us were old enough to go inside the strip club, when one of the 18 yr olds tried, she was denied..So we had to walk to the nearest town, 1 mile away at midnight. When my dad found out about this, he went to the Stae Police office and complained, thinking this was a racial siutation, as we are brown. OSP would not look into it...so my question is, do you think it was right for the trooper to do that? should they have looked into it after our complaint?
2007-07-21 09:29:33 · 7 answers · asked by vanessa g 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
they towed the car because she was not able to show proof of insurance, although it was insured, and the tow truck driver refused to give us a ride, he said he was not allowed to. we were not committing any crimes, just on our way back home.
2007-07-21 09:39:14 · update #1
i live in oregon, im not leaving any important facts out, this is really what happened. i think its very wrong for a STATE TROOPER to just leave us out there, it was dark on the highway, and midnight. what if somethin had happened to us? hit by a truck? somethin!?
2007-07-21 09:41:33 · update #2
i asked specifically, SHOULD they have looked into? i know i cant do anything about it now, im just curious.
2007-07-21 09:42:56 · update #3
ok, so if this happened to your 14 and 16 year old at MIDNIGHT and they had to walk 1 mile away, refused a phone, how would you react to it? im sure you wouldnt think its right.
2007-07-21 09:44:55 · update #4
wrong or not,what are you gonna do about something that happened 6 years ago?
2007-07-21 09:39:52 · answer #1 · answered by Savannah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This happens more and more often .People should not put themselves in places they shouldn't be especially that late at night.No I do not think it is racial .The young man next door to me has been stopped and stopped ,he is Caucasian,they have stopped him in the rain and emptied out his truck in the rain and left it scattered all over the ground for him to pick up,also causing him to miss his ride to work out of town.This instance happened at 5 am in the morning ,he was meeting a construction crew to go out of town to work for the week.Also my own Daughter drove a Bright Red Mustang and is a Beautiful young Lady ,she was stopped and harassed on a weekly basis ,it got to the point we had to sell the car!They even called a ballpoint pen paraphernalia and an empty soda can???We live in a small town and it was ridiculous!!!So no I don't think you were picked out ,I think some cops have nothing better to do and they love authority.And they have to make their Quota for the month or no pay!!!!We live in one of the largest Homes in our small town and they knew we would pay any fines incurred.Guess what now the laugh is on them she married a Lawyer and they watch their step toward us these days!!!!!!He is a fine lawyer and a Darn Good One.
2007-07-21 17:13:53 · answer #2 · answered by mcnatt c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why did they tow the car? Was it broke? Why didn't you ask the tow truck driver for a ride? Something is not right here. You are leaving something out.
2007-07-21 16:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you may be leaving out some important facts, namely what you were doing to cause him to tow your car, and possibly also exaggerating.
Sorry, still don't believe you.
2007-07-21 16:37:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it has anything to do with race. The same thing happened to my son when he didn't have his proof of insurance with him and he is white. They made him park the car and walk. I am tired of people crying racism when they are in violation of the laws. I live in Oregon also.
2007-07-21 16:42:51 · answer #5 · answered by Robin L 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sounds wrong to me....sounds like you live in one of those "southern" states.....as do i
2007-07-21 16:37:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No not really!
2007-07-21 16:38:16 · answer #7 · answered by hoovarted 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋