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Call for Sanctions Against State Trooper in Lee, MA

Call for Sanctions Against State Trooper in Lee, MA

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 10 months ago

I have read of and am outraged by the actions of a State Trooper (Officer #2907) in Lee, MA. We allege Abuse of Power by this male officer. We acknowledge that all statements made herein are considered alleged until determined to be factual by the proper authorities.



On the night of Sunday, November 27th, 2011, the officer pulled over a woman traveling alone with 3 small children. Her tags were less than a month expired, her only violation. He yelled at her FOR 45 MINUTES, told her she was not allowed to speak, undeterred by the fact that her children sobbed while he verbally intimidated and berated their mother. When he was done, he wrote her a warning for "unregistered MV", chapter 90-09 civil offense. The officer scribbled his name, rendering it illegible. He checked that no search was done on the vehicle, but searched it in front of the mother and her children.
The officer then had her car towed and left the woman and her 3 young children on the side of the freeway, late at night, with nowhere to go and 200 miles from home with no car. One of her children was left without a coat. The children missed a day of school, the mother a day of work. One of the children had nightmares over the incident and has been left with an indelible memory of the abuse.
She was forced to spend money on a motel room in order to retrieve her car from impound the next morning. The experience needlessly caused a financial hardship of hundreds of dollars spent to rectify the situation.
Once again, all due to her registration tags being less than 1 month expired.

I ADD MY VOICE TO THIS MOTHER'S IN HOPES THAT IT WILL BE LOUD ENOUGH TO FORCE CHANGE. I CALL OUT TO THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS TO INVESTIGATE THIS CASE AND IF THE CLAIMS ARE FOUND TO BE ACCURATE, BRING SANCTIONS AGAINST THIS OFFICER.


Updates

November 29, 2011

I really never imagined this many people would care about what happened on that highway. This level of attention is entirely due to your kindness and your refusal to look away from someone else's trouble. It is humbling to see how much you all want to help fix this.

6 Comments

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Ryan Gillespie
10 years ago Featured

Most of these state troopers are useless and the state protects them even when they are wrong. They should be abolished and the DMV should handle traffic violations

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Jason Vargas
14 years ago Featured

STATE TROOPERS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. nobody should have to deal with that kind of harassment over expired tags. let alone the kids.

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Karen Thompson
14 years ago Featured

seriously?? 45 minutes of yelling. total abuse of authority. hope he gets what is coming to him.

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Dave Mendoza
14 years ago Featured

they treat us like criminals for no reason. 200 miles from home and no coat for the kid? that guy is a disgrace to the uniform.

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Mike Kelly
14 years ago Featured

this is insane. i live in lee and these guys act like they own the road. leaving kids stranded on the highway is just sick.

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Sarah Rahman
14 years ago Featured

what kind of person leaves a woman and 3 kids on the side of the road at night?? absolute power trip. fire him.