Nurse Charged With Felony 'Resisting Arrest'

[Tom Joad]

What the Hell is WRONG with this Cop!?

A Portage, Indiana, nurse is facing felony resisting-arrest charges because she didn't immediately pull over when a police car flashed its lights behind her on a dark county road. DelRea Good, 52, said she assumed the car behind her was a police officer but, as a woman traveling alone late at night, she was concerned for her safety. So Good put on her emergency flashers, motioned out the window to acknowledge the car, and drove less than a mile down the road to pull over in a lit Kohl's parking lot

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Fortunately...............

VALPARAISO | The Porter County prosecutor's office has dropped a felony fleeing charge filed against a Portage woman who drove less than a mile to lighted parking lot before pulling over for a traffic stop last month.

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However............

"At the time of the arrest, the officer had probable cause to support the filing of criminal charges," Porter County Prosecutor Brian Gensel said in a prepared statement.

What Bullshit!

The prosecutor is protecting this Cop who was obviously way out of line.

"Upon review of the circumstances of the incident as well as information learned after the incident, it was determined that a dismissal of the charges was in the best interests of justice," he said.

In other words he didn't have a snowballs chance in Hell of winning this case if it went to trial.

[Zeke]

Probable cause for filing is in FULL effect if you fail to immediately pull over. You could be ditching drugs, proceeding to an ambush zone, hiding a firearm... The only question is at what point in the process do you derail the process if analysis indicates nothing untoward occurred?

As even the prosecutor believes "At the time of the arrest, the officer had probable cause to support the filing of criminal charges," I think you continue to act the sniveling fool regarding appropriate police behavior.

She still got the ticket.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Probable cause for filing is in FULL effect if you fail to immediately pull over. You could be ditching drugs, proceeding to an ambush zone, hiding a firearm... The only question is at what point in the process do you derail the process if analysis indicates nothing untoward occurred?

As even the prosecutor believes "At the time of the arrest, the officer had probable cause to support the filing of criminal charges," I think you continue to act the sniveling fool regarding appropriate police behavior.

She still got the ticket.

I will not dignify that with a reply.

Personal attack post reported.

[Zeke]

Meaning, as per usual, you possess no effective retort.

Noted.

[merrylander]

Zeke we had a guy in this area who was no cop but he would pull alongside and flash a badge. In fact he tried it on Florence once before we met. She just put her foot through the firewall and lost him. Having driven with her in that Monte Carlo she could lose Dale Ernhart. The nurse was within her rights, just because men in this counytry believe women have no rights does not make it so.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Zeke

proceeding to an ambush zone,

Sure, proceeding from a dark roadside to a lighted Kohl's parking lot in order to have a better place to ambush someone.

Originally Posted by Zeke

She still got the ticket.

Which was never a point of contention.

Whether you want to admit it or not, the prosecutor dropped the resisting arrest charge because he knew the charges were bullshit and taking it to court would have been a major embarrassment for both he and the Police.

This woman should sue.

[Rajoo]

For one, people have been known to impersonate police officers. Just last month, a man in neighboring Ohio was arrested for impersonating a police officer and pulling people over. Here's Indiana State Police warning residents in 2012 about "bogus troopers" pulling over people and robbing them in northern Indiana. And here's another Indiana case. And another. And another. And another. And another. Two years ago, in fact, police from Good's town warned residents about a police impersonator attempting traffic stops.

Drivers are frequently advised to to do just what Good did if they encounter an unmarked car trying to pull them over. And while Marshall's car may have been marked, driving on an unlit road with neon lights flashing at you, as Good was, doesn't provide the best opportunity to evaluate the authenticity.

A second consideration: real police officers have been known to assault women whom they pull over for traffic violations. Last fall, an Oklahoma state trooper was arrested for the alleged sexual-assault of eight women he pulled over for traffic offenses. Here's a similar story from Texas last spring. And from San Antonio in 2013.

http://reason.com/blog/2015/04/03/in...sisting-arrest

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

This woman should sue.

Making what case?

She doesn't have one.

When you evade arrest you can be charged for it. The charge was well within initial validity.

[Pio1980]

This is as ridiculous an abuse of authority as was the Indian visitor in Alabama, and so many others. WTF???
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[Zeke]

That's crap, the officer was WELL within his rights at the time.

Analysis, later, indicated that nothing untoward occurred.

Charges dropped.

Nothing to see here.