Texas Representative Garnet Coleman, left, objected to traffic stop claiming racism
[From article]
Representative Garnet Coleman is a highly influential member of the Texas State House of Representatives, having represented an inner-city district of Houston for almost a quarter of a century. He is a past chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus. His family has roots in Houston’s Third Ward going back over a century, and as the highly educated son of a physician, Rep. Coleman can fairly be said to be a member of the power elite of the Houston and Texas black community.
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"He talked to me like I was a child," he said of the sheriff's deputy who pulled him over for speeding. "He was so rude and nasty. Even when he found out I was a legislator, he became more rude and nasty.
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Perhaps like the Connecticut professor recently arrested, Rep. Coleman failed to consider the possibility that his encounter had been recorded by a dash cam.
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(Deputy): "Mr. Coleman. I'll let you go with a warning. This is the same thing Wharton County did with you last year."
(Coleman): "Yeah...like I said. They didn't give me a ticket."
(Deputy): "It's still on your record right now points-wise. If Wharton County had given you a ticket and I gave you a ticket today you'd lose your driver's license on points."
(Deputy): "Stop speeding in a state car, OK? You got state plates on here, man. It's a state official plate. You realize how bad that looks?"
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/08/texas_dem_big_shots_police_complaint_busted_by_dash_cam_evidence_.html
August 7, 2015
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