ID Refusal Goes VERY Wrong - January 5, 2024
- 4 months ago
On the night of January 5th, 2024, a sheriff's deputy in rural Caldwell Parish, Louisiana was dispatched to check on a suspicious vehicle on the side of the highway near a house. The deputy called for backup almost immediately upon arriving, stating that he had "a situation" but admitted that he was not being threatened in any way. We don't know what the "situation" was due to the deputy choosing to use his cellphone (instead of just saying it oer the radio as an honest cop would've) to fill in the other deputies, but we can make a few assumptions based on what followed.
Apparently the female passenger initially refused to identify herself, based on the radio traffic. If so, she was within her rights in refusing, but these deputies are not accustomed to people knowing and exercising their rights. It insults their authoritah. Apparently they also think people exercising their rights are mentally handicapped, as they called for the coroner to OPC the people. The coroner's role is to sign the paperwork allowing the deputies to involuntarily take the people into custody (Order for Protective Custody) for a mental evaluation. Basically this is (ab)used whenever they want to arrest someone but cannot find any reason whatsoever to do so.
They may or may not have also beaten and/or tased the people, as they called for EMS to check them out. It is worth mentioning that every single deputy involved in this had previously been involved in excessive force incidents.
Based on how violent the deputies involved are known to be, I have a sneaking suspicion this was yet another excessive force incident. But was it really over an ID refusal? No. At the end, as they were transporting the people for the involuntary commitment, it was revealed that the deputies were running the woman's name the wrong way, and out of the wrong state, the whole time. Their authoritah was so insulted by her knowing her rights, that they refused to acknowledge the proper spelling of her name and what state she was from.
Apparently the female passenger initially refused to identify herself, based on the radio traffic. If so, she was within her rights in refusing, but these deputies are not accustomed to people knowing and exercising their rights. It insults their authoritah. Apparently they also think people exercising their rights are mentally handicapped, as they called for the coroner to OPC the people. The coroner's role is to sign the paperwork allowing the deputies to involuntarily take the people into custody (Order for Protective Custody) for a mental evaluation. Basically this is (ab)used whenever they want to arrest someone but cannot find any reason whatsoever to do so.
They may or may not have also beaten and/or tased the people, as they called for EMS to check them out. It is worth mentioning that every single deputy involved in this had previously been involved in excessive force incidents.
Based on how violent the deputies involved are known to be, I have a sneaking suspicion this was yet another excessive force incident. But was it really over an ID refusal? No. At the end, as they were transporting the people for the involuntary commitment, it was revealed that the deputies were running the woman's name the wrong way, and out of the wrong state, the whole time. Their authoritah was so insulted by her knowing her rights, that they refused to acknowledge the proper spelling of her name and what state she was from.