Yesterday morning my daughter was taking my granddaughter to school. She stopped at the school and her daughter couldn't get her seatbelt unbuckled. My daughter helped her. As she leaned over, she heard a siren and saw lights behind her.
A young cop walked up to the car and accused her of allowing her daughter to ride without a seat belt. She replied that her daughter's seat belt had been fastened and explained what she was doing when she leaned over. She is so adamant that all seat belts be fastened, we tease her about the time she tried to fasten one in a theater.
The cop continued to accuse her of fastening the seat belt because she saw him behind her and she protested that it wasn't the case at all. He then gave her "permission" to allow my granddaughter to "exit" the car and go into the school building. She is 10 and was very frightened that he was going to arrest her mother.
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What happened next was shocking. He asked her if she knew anyone who sells drugs in town. He said he wanted her to "give someone up". My daughter is 47, married and works as a freelance photographer. Needless to say she was completely taken aback and told him that she didn't know anyone who sold drugs. He then asked her if she knew where any drug houses were. She lives in the historical district of her town and it isn't exactly an area you would expect to see a "drug house". He continued to press her and finally said that he "might have to do more if he didn't get some information to make a drug arrest".
He appeared to be his mid twenties and she said he took a very aggressive body stance towards her. Her hands began to shake and he accused her of hiding something because her hands shook. He said that "nervousness is always a sign of guilt". Guilt of what? Taking her daughter to school?
His next question was "Are you married?" She has been married 12 years to her husband. He has served two tours in Iraq and they live near the base where he was stationed. After asking her about her marital status and she told him she's married, he then asked "why isn't your husband taking "her" to school?". My son-in-law goes to work at 7:00 a.m. How could he take his daughter to school at 7:30 a.m.?
The cop didn't give her a ticket. She drove a few blocks and went back to the school to tell my granddaughter that she was okay.
She wrote a detailed letter about the encounter and gave it to her council member and the chief of police.
My daughter is white and so is the cop. Poll below.
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