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Dashcam footage clears man of felony charge after showing constable injuring himself in The Woodlands (www.click2houston.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by corgi@lemmy.world to c/texas@lemmy.world

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 63 points 6 months ago

And the cop is going to get charged for lying, right?

[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Constables are not cops, in general. IDK how exactly it works in Texas and it looks like it's actually more similar than it usually is, but as a general rule in practice, constables are sort of the "civil matter" version of police (who are chiefly for criminal matters) -- they serve evictions and summonses, child support warrants, traffic detail like in this case, that kind of thing.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 19 points 6 months ago

Best I can do is paid administrative leave

[-] Hominine@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

The Best I can do is charge the driver with a misdemeanor instead.

Fuck cops and (most) DA's while we're at it.

[-] corgi@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago

Get a dash cam folks, you never know when you are going to need it.

[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

I have them in all my cars and hard-wired in. $100 is cheap insurance.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

The driver was originally accused of seriously injuring that Montgomery County Precinct 2 Constable’s Office investigator who was directing traffic at the Ironman North American Championship in The Woodlands last weekend.

Dashcam video from another driver’s car showed Investigator Toby McLaughlin, a 40-year veteran with the Montgomery County Precinct 2 Constable’s Office, kicking the man’s vehicle as he passed by and hurting his own leg.

So did the “investigator” not know that he had caused the injury by his own actions? If so, that’s sad. If he did know, and let the guy sit in jail with $30,000 bond, then that’s a problem.

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

I mean, most people know that kicking a moving 2-3 ton metal object is going to hurt and probably not a good idea, but cops are special.

[-] bigbadmoose@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

🎶So fucking special 🎸🎸🎶

[-] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I literally drove past this incident after it happened, just moved to the woodlands from Chicago that day. Good to see the boys in blue still being as reputable and trustworthy as ever.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 6 months ago

just moved to the woodlands from Chicago

Fucking culture shock

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Oh, you def have to respect the local fucking culture, people get really upset about that sort of things.

/sorry

[-] Jym66@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

should be fired for lying

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I get the cop injured himself, but the article says the person ignored the officers directions and took off? That’s still an entire issue on its own.

[-] corgi@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Yes, but the cop outright lied by claiming he was hit.

The driver should get their $200 fine, but the cop essentially attempted to frame another person.

[-] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago

They cover that part at the end of the news video in the link. It's a misdemeanor with a max fine of $200 plus court costs.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

The driver heads west on S. Millbend Dr. in a white Honda Civic, ignoring McLaughlin’s signal to stay put.

And here’s the win for the driver: The video shows his car never hit the constable, and it also shows McLaughlin kicks the car and then falls to the ground.

Terribly written article, should have been mentioned right there. They talk about the fine after they talk about ring doorbells….