Texas Cops Jail Woman For ‘Walking Without A License’

[n2doc]

Charges for driving without license and registration… while walking.

A woman in Hamlin, Texas is fighting charges of driving without a license and expired registration after she was arrested and jailed by cops while WALKING home with groceries.

Wendy Robins is appealing for help with her case as she fears the police department is pursuing a vendetta against her by refusing to drop the charges.

The charges stem from the incident which took place in November. Ms Robins says she was minding her own business walking home from the local store when she was physically accosted by an officer.

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http://conservativeread.com/texas-cops-jail-woman-for-walking-without-a-license/

http://www.copblock.org/103488/arrested-driving-without-license-walking/

[chillfactor]

1. Honest to goodness....

some cops in this country have gone stark-raving insane

[Thinkingabout]

2. Wonder if the charges was actually public intoxication, just wondering.

[99th_Monkey]

3. Where in the world did you come up with that, from the articles?

Why do feel compelled to cast aspersions onto the victim of bully-cop harassment?

Just wondering.

[Thinkingabout]

6. Are you familiar with Texas Laws?

[99th_Monkey]

18. No thank Goodness.

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If I ever set foot in Texas it will only be on a round trip-flight in/out of Austin

[Autumn]

4. Just wondering why you don't read

the article. You should actually try reading the article.

[Thinkingabout]

5. Simply because there is a law in Texas of Public Intoxication and is used many times if

The person is outside their home or vehicle.

[Autumn]

7. The article clearly states why the cop said he was arresting her and it wasn't intoxication.

[Thinkingabout]

8. Are you familiar with the Texas Public Intoxication law?

[ND-Dem]

9. arglebargle

[Autumn]

11. Yes I am. Did you read the article?

[Thinkingabout]

13. Yes I did, I said I was wondering if the charge was PI since she was walking and since you are

Familiar with the Texas PI law you should know why I would ask that question.

[Autumn]

14. If you were to read the article you would know what she was charged with. eom

[Thinkingabout]

15. Did you read my previous post?

[Autumn]

17. Yes, and I see no need to play this game. You have a good day eom

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. The judge sounds like a complete prick, too

if this lady's version of the facts is true. It doesn't inspire me to visit Texas, although I had that aversion to the state already after having previously spent time there.

[onenote]

12. Some red flags about this story

Only one side of the story is being told here, and it raises some red flags. She never says where her car in fact was. She never says she walked TO the store.

Hamlin has around 2200 residents in a 5 square mile area. I'm just guessing, but the cop and the woman were known to each other. The cop sees her car in the store parking lot and runs the plates, determines it has an expired registration and waits for her. She sees the cop and decides to walk. The cop pulls her over. She's not really being charged for "walking" -- she's being charged for driving the car to the store.

Maybe that's not what happened, but the story, told only from the ticketed woman's perspective, seems incomplete.

[rhett o rick]

16. Even if it happened as you suggested, the cops is an asshole. Waiting to catch someone in a parking

lot because their tabs were expired. Must have been a slow day. But he probably knew her and didn't like her so he went the extra mile. And just because her car was in the parking lot, doesn't prove she drove it there.