Woman Wrongly Arrested On Christmas Eve Sues Sheriff

There were a variety of signs to indicate they had the wrong person.
Check out the Institute for Justice here: ij.org/

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

They don't care what the warrant says because they face no consequences for their incompetence.

[@ianbattles7290]

Exactly, no consequences for failure = no incentive to get it right. These cops get the same paycheck whether they arrest a guilty person or an innocent person.

[@arkive11]

No one will ever hold them accountable in a legal manner.

[@mattgayda2840]

It wouldn't surprise me if her cop brother helped them arrest her and they gave each other high fives afterward

[@phiend2248]

Yup

[@yodaflyz]

@@mattgayda2840 Didn't he help her get out of this? Her brother was perhaps the only law enforcement in this story that had any incentive to make this right. Imagine if her brother wasn't a cop, she might still be wrongfully sitting in jail.

[@ChillyJack]

A cavity search from a bad arrest needs to result in kidnapping and sexual assault charges.

[@cajunguy6502]

Agreed! If its justified, then as someone who upholds laws, the officers should trust the system to exonerate them. If they don't trust the system they force others to endure, then that's an even bigger issue! If you trust your system and you trust your judgement, then there should be no issue.

[@digitalcurrents]

You shouldn't be offering free cavity searches if you're not a dentist.

[@brentfarvors192]

And, therein lies the problem; It doesn't, even though it happens constantly...This %100 needs to change!

[@geoffhunter7704]

In Texas last year an innocent woman was subjected to such a search while being watched by male deputies,Her offence she shared a identical name with a wanted career criminal a $1.3M Lawsuit has been filed all because the cops failed to perform Due Diligence.

[@cajunguy6502]

@@geoffhunter7704 these are clear cut case of deviant, criminal behavior, and I am so sick of so many fellow Americans who just ignore it!

[@vipermikes5547]

Police get the wrong person a lot more than what is advertised

[@BlackJesus8463]

Most laws are bad laws.

[@Nope_handlesaretrash]

Up to and including death penalty cases

[@tc4660]

Unwarranted arrests total 4 million per year over the last 20 years. Not much quality assurance in policing when 4m arrests are categorized as other out of 10m arrests per year over the last 20 years. It absolutely confirms one thing for sure, a lack of quality assurance in the policing profession with an error rate of 40%.

[@liwojenkins]

@@tc4660 But oddly enough most districts have over a 95% conviction rate, I wonder how something like that is possible? Hmmmm, it's a mystery.

[@tomb9484]

@@liwojenkins Arrests and convictions are two completely different things. And I'd like to see your cite for "over 95% conviction" rate

[@jacobl2222]

Uh, blasting music and cold air in the jail is pretty deranged, whether they have the right person or not. Why is the jail allowed to engage in low-key torture techniques, ESPECIALLY against people who are just in custody and haven't even been found guilty of anything yet?

[@cuzimpoor7785]

Of course I don't know any of the facts but I wonder if whoever was working 3rd shift at the jail was listening to Mastadon or Gojira.

[@Pepesmall]

Because the Geneva convention doesn't apply to your own citizens, only enemy combatants. Terrorists in Guantanamo bay are technically more protected by international human rights law than American citizens in American prisons.

[@liwojenkins]

They were trying to soften her up for interrogation later. This is "cruel and unusual" and is actionable. She will get a good settlement.

[@joesterling4299]

And why would they employ such torture tactics on someone suspected of a domestic issue, not the kind of evil that sends people to a certain Cuban bay? It makes no sense at all, other than just bad actors running the jail.

[@Sidecutter]

@@joesterling4299 They're cops. They are all bad actors.

[@user-no1cares]

Don’t expect any assistance from your political representatives that support Qualified Immunity for cops.

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

The reason they do is because qualified immunity is actually more to protect the government...cuz 99% of the time when a cop loses qualified immunity they are still indemnified by the government they pay there legal fees and any judgments

[@user-no1cares]

@@Smart-Towel-RG-400 Agree. The rest of us that work where performance matters, doctors, nurses, aircraft techs, teachers, etc would sure like having qualified immunity.

[@maryrose2676]

@@Smart-Towel-RG-400 The problem with removing qualified immunity entirely is that a public servant will be sued to oblivion by mundane cases. Ex:You want investigators to investigate the murder of someone? Nope, they're in court defending themselves from 5,068 counts of trespassing because they were chasing a pickpocket.

[@Blitterbug]

Lyrics from Don Henley's 'Inside Job': "Your trusted servants have left you unprotected"

[@EnthalpyAndEntropy]

Well, we have second amendment solutions for a reason.

[@elrey8876]

*ONE OF THE TRUTHS* I've learned in life, is that an inability to ever admit you're wrong is a sure sign of a fearful, fragile ego.

[@MrCodyminner]

It's also a way to fight a court case. In many places that's a garunteed pay out in court

[@QG1168]

So have you learned gangsters had been running the show for ages?? 😄😄😄

[@mattneil1449]

​@@QG1168"have been," they still are 😂

[@jessicaanderson7885]

Proof of lack of character

[@stevengordon3271]

It is a common legal and political strategy.

[@peachesrambo4037]

Why would the police want to check anything? They cant get in trouble.

[@ianbattles7290]

They are sociopaths who don't care about ruining an innocent family's life. That's why they won't even give a free apology. They'd rather get sued and lose millions of taxpayer dollars.

[@HH-ru4bj]

The thing is they did check, twice. Once when arresting her and it wasn't the correct name, and secondly when she was booked and ran her prints, since the right person was on file. They just didn't care.

[@NoNonsense316]

​@@ianbattles7290An apology would be an admission that they made a "mistake." Then, when people start looking at it, they'll realize that the "mistake" was actually a wanton disregard for the facts. You can bet that the cops were laughing and joking about throwing this woman in jail, "sucks to be her on, Christmas, hahaha!" while they went home to their families to exchange presents.

[@svbarr]

yup end qualified immunity

[@CarysCorner]

Or worse, they would have to admit they are wrong… 🤡

[@MiaScarlett-k4z]

They sympathize?! They disregard the discrepancies?! Completely incompetent! She needs to be compensated with big bucks for the deprivation of her rights, humiliation, torture, etc.

[@muhdiversity7409]

I just saw the Institute for Justice video about this. Absolutely disgraceful. Woman has a 30 year old son but the person they're looking for is in her 20's.

[@just2havandenjoylife]

Just saw this there, too.

[@mchammer1836]

Broward County A1 police department 😂

[@mariegarside8830]

Obviously the arresting officers failed math

[@tombombadil3185]

@@mariegarside8830 LOL, you just added another line to the adage: Those that can do, Those that can't teach, Those that can't teach inspect, "Those that can't inspect are donut eaters!"

[@mariegarside8830]

​@@tombombadil3185thanks 😊

[@joelsanford]

The sheriff investigated and found the deputies didn't do anything wrong. The lack of police accountability and transparency is the real problem.

[@marcyking461]

The 'authorities' get by with this nonsense because the people sit back and take it. The fair thing would be for the deputies who wouldn't listen to Mrs. Box to have to suffer the same punishment she had to endure, and then repay her the monies it cost her to have to deal with their laziness. If I were those deputies, I'd be praying her son comes home alive, after being deployed without being able to say good-bye. They screwed up this woman's whole Christmas, and her family's, too, for that matter. For the sake of the local taxpayers, I hope Mrs. Box will go after the deputies on a personal level, but it sounds to me like she has the grounds to sue the ever-loving weebie-jebbies out of Broward County, Florida. I offer prayer's for her son and a safe trip home.

[@spvillano]

@@marcyking461 well, since the Constitution is not protective there, it's non-protective for them. Not only the deputies, full corruption of blood should be enforced and their families also enjoy said custody. And the same level of efficiency in locating them for release as was utilized in said apprehension and unlawful confinement.

[@patriotlightning4699]

"BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S"...... the same Broward County COWARDS that stood down while 17 people were being slaughtered @ Parkland High School back in 2018..... is anyone surprised at their continued incompetence?

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@spvillanoThough the US is horrible at banning torture both domestically and internationally by its own people, the Eighth Amendment seems to provide some protection. The Supreme court has only spoken about punishments that involve torture being forbidden under the 8th amendment, and it could be argued that detention prior to charging does not count as "punishment" though it would take an evil amount of sophistry to successfully argue that in this woman's case.

[@steveladner4346]

People that have no duty to protect anyone but themselves are not concerned about you and some people haven't figured it out yet.

[@ianbattles7290]

Especially when they don't face any consequences for being wrong.

[@EnthalpyAndEntropy]

@@ianbattles7290they could face consequences but you don’t have the balls to use the second amendment for what it’s there for.

[@bigdaddyccm1217]

This would require common sense. Obviously none of the cops had any.

[@patriotlightning4699]

"BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S"...... the same Broward County COWARDS that stood down while 17 people were being slaughtered @ Parkland High School back in 2018..... is anyone surprised at their continued incompetence?

[@Absaalookemensch]

In surgery, a person is verified by their full name and date of birth several times before the surgery. Failures to meet standards and doing procedures on the wrong person are subject to malpractice actions and administrative actions. Governmental officials need to be held to the same standard. The same goes for contractors, roofers, anytime a house or property have work done.

[@MrCodyminner]

Yes and they also come in prior to surgery to mark the patients surgical area to make sure they don't do surgery on the opposite extremity. They take many precautions because doctors are held liable for their actions. Police are not.

[@QG1168]

Really.. Let's keep VOTING for your masters then BEG for CHANGE.. 😂😂😂

[@KizzyMMA]

great point!

[@Absaalookemensch]

@@QG1168 What are you talking about? I lived under Communism before our family fled and eventually immigrated to the US. Only the Democrats are close to being masters. After all, Democrats were and still are the slave owners.

[@Jirodyne]

Can confirm, had 2 ear surgeries already this year, and more going to happen in the future. And every 5-10 minutes, while each new person was preparing me for the surgery, they constantly asked full name and date of birth, marking the ear being worked on, and asking what I was here for. That Police have no checks and balances, should be considered unconstitutional, it's inherently a violation of the constitutional rights of people, and out right can ruin lives, and cause thousands in damages. Not only should it be illegal, but if police fucked up, and sued, they should be forced to cover all costs and all lawyers. Even if they WIN they should be forced to cover everything, and ONLY if they win and the citizen found suing MALICIOUSLY, with no case and only suing to tie up the police and waste money, only THEN should that citizen be punished by being forced to pay their court costs and legal fees after being found in the wrong.

[@arkive11]

"The Department put out a statement saying while they sympathize with her, the deputies did nothing wrong." It's insane how that's all that's ever said. Ever. Everytime. It's just a free pass to lawlessness and domestic terror while they laugh on camera doing it.

[@cajunguy6502]

Its Broward County! Think about how many times you, as a person who probably isn't from florida, hears about their police issues. Even by American standards, Broward is bad. Its not just a corrupt county, its practically lawless. It is seriously at the level where the federal Government needs to step in. This is way out of hand.

[@russlehman2070]

If the departments would discipline people who make egregious errors instead of covering for them, they might learn to do things right, or be replaced by people who do things right.

[@cajunguy6502]

@@russlehman2070 yes! Corrupt people will slip through and get it. You can't 100% guard from that, but you can act with urgency when they're revealed.

[@blademasterii]

Every time a department says that and gets sued, loses and has to pay out, every person on the IA report should also be charged with collusion, conspiracy to defraud and rackateering. If a judge says the cops were wrong IA should be charged.

[@thehellyousay]

they did nothing right, either. for everyone else, failing even slightly at a job gets you fired. for cops, failing spectacularly, repeatedly, gets them promoted.

[@rogerp5816]

It's beyond me why they're not also suing Harris County also. If a person made a mistake in Harris county, they should also be held accountable.

[@akulkis]

The Broward County deputies observed and acted on the discrepancies in age, height, eye color and skin tone, and ESPECIALLY NOTICED THAT THE PHOTO DIDN'T MATCH THE SKIN TONE, thereby rendering the photo as wrong.

[@michiganmaxedout6248]

According to IJ, her brother, also an officer, asked both counties to compare her finger prints against the suspect's and they both refused. That shows Harris County did more than make a mistake, they refused to look at evidence proving they had put a warrant out on the wrong person. I hope she sues them too.

[@rockym2931]

That is just as important as the other.

[@joesterling4299]

Yes, plus it's just good practice to bring everyone related to the wrongdoing into court as codefendants. This move surprised me most of all.

[@cajunguy6502]

A clerical error is an easy fix. While it is unacceptable they do need to be held accountable, it was Broward (its ALWAYS Broward) who aggressively refused to do their due diligence.

[@frankd2301]

Date of birth is the most glaring error.

[@j.thomas7128]

And social security number.

[@jerrybrooks870]

How about fingerprints?

[@digitalcurrents]

@@jerrybrooks870 Criminals lie about everything. Are you going to let somebody out of jail just because of some story they made up? Also, they never caught the other woman so why would they have her fingerprints?

[@jerrybrooks870]

@digitalcurrents , in Texas, you have to give fingerprints to get your drivers license. If the other person had a drivers license, then fingerprints are available. They could have also checked this woman's fingerprints and checked it against her information to find out if she was the same person as the one that the warrant was for. In the computer age, they can have this info in less than an hour. What she suffered through was a result of laziness and gross incompetence of the Broward County Sheriff's Department.

[@spvillano]

@@jerrybrooks870 obviously, she stole new fingers to replace her guilty ones and hide her identity. Just like she did with her age and face.

[@jess_o]

They ignored clear and obvious evidence that she was not the perp. If this stands, then cops have free reign to make a "mistake" and then arrest anyone on the basis of that. Charge him

[@irritated888]

"But you have nothing to worry about if you don't commit crimes"

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

Says ever bootlickr in history

[@108gk]

Am I the victim or the crime?

[@rebeccarittenhouse2203]

😂😂😂

[@liwojenkins]

@@QG1168 If you are part of society you are now complicit in all crimes anyone in that society does is about the dumbest thing I've heard today, thanks.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Furbiscuit_og]

When it comes to apologizing or taking accountability, cops are worse than toddlers having a meltdown.

[@miket5506]

Unbelievable. I hope she gets millions

[@BlackJesus8463]

I hope it never happens again. lol

[@PaulArtman]

She will be lucky to get anything close. Now the LEOs are in CYA mode. But even if paid, not at all a certainty, she still missed her son's departure. What if he doesn't come back from deployment?

[@spvillano]

@@PaulArtman fire mission, perhaps?

[@BB..........]

Wrong name, wrong age, wrong height, wrong complexion, wrong SSN; obviously the right suspect! /s

[@digitalcurrents]

The suspect was clearly a master of disguise.

[@ronv6637]

Officer Doofy gets a promotion and a paid vacation over this.

[@maxxcarver5502]

wrong Eye color!

[@DC-vk2fx]

As much as I support this woman getting compensation, it's foolish to think civil court judgments are going to fix this behavior.

[@curtmeister24]

Of course. If the arresting officers don't get a meaningful punishment, there's no incentive for them, or other officers, to change their behavior. It's funny how the system that punishes people for doing something wrong does not apply the same standards to itself.

[@ronaldhudson169]

Perhaps a big enough pay out will raise taxes enough to get that sherif un-elected the next time his office is up for vote. Probably not because people have short memories and are easily lied to.

[@spvillano]

The civil court judgements costs then get passed to taxpayers, politicians then blame the plaintiff for insisting upon enjoying their rights. Honestly, I'm starting to seriously agree with the second amendment remedies guys. When one solution is ineffective, one seeks other solutions.

[@anonymousguy1794]

And the police wonder why we as a whole have less and less faith in how they do their jobs.

[@peterkn2]

This is a red flag, imo. If these cops refuse to question their own actions, they are probably very used to doing whatever they want without oversight.

[@kenhayes5759]

There are lots of innocent people in prison that couldn't prove their innocence.very scary.

[@Richard-f4b4r]

I know this for a fact.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

​@@Richard-f4b4r right

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

How did a male inmate have access to her cell? That should be an investigation on its own.

[@jessicaanderson7885]

Maybe he claimed that he was a woman.

[@hattielankford4775]

​@@jessicaanderson7885 Find Jesus

[@hattielankford4775]

​@@jessicaanderson7885 You weirdo

[@butch1dc]

How can they say they did nothing wrong if they arrested the wrong person?? That’s insane

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@Metqa]

Interesting how the guy who drove her to jail actually paused to look at the warrant, ask for her DOB, Look at the warrant again, and decided "Whatever, I dont care if it doesn't match, I got better things to do."

[@robertpage2023]

Wow, everybody is on this one. The problem is.................when you are in the hands of the law, the jeopardy risk is high. YOU are now under the hands of the arresting officer who may or may not be an asshole tyrant that ruffs you up and then treats you badly as this lady was. Then, as this lady found out, once you are in the jail, you are at the mercy of the idiots hired to be "jailers" who might be sadistic psychopaths, just as this lady found.

[@PaulArtman]

My son left the FDLA, and stopped working as a CO because many COs are in this job to mistreat those over wich they have authority. They enjoy tormenting the "AiCs", (Adults in custody) way too much! My son works as an automotive tech now. Daughter-in-law says he much prefers it even with 20% less pay.

[@cletusaschoff7475]

The person responsible for the photo needs immediately jailed

[@AVClarke]

According to the suit, the county attached her driver's license photo to the arrest warrant for the other woman.

[@Sylvander1911]

That was my first thought. Police have readier access to driver's licence photos than they do to Facebook

[@KizzyMMA]

They attached her driver's license photo based on a first name? Wow.

[@BlackJesus8463]

@@KizzyMMA lulz

[@renegade4dio]

The arresting officers should have to spend Christmas in the same cell in same conditions, then be fired and not allowed to have a law enforcement job ever again. When the the prosecutor refuses to hold them accountable, he gets same cell and disbarred. When the civil court judge throws out the suit for QI, he gets the same cell and disbarred. That's what actual accountability would look like. Don't hold your breath, they will all protect each other, accountability is not a feature of our system.

[@Metqa]

@@KizzyMMA idiocracy

[@90762709]

The sheriff’s office did a poor job. I used to do warrant conformations. You are supposed to check the “identifiers” before you do any arrest. This shows that they don’t follow the rules regarding the procedures the warrant process.

[@patriotlightning4699]

"BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S"...... the same Broward County COWARDS that stood down while 17 people were being slaughtered @ Parkland High School back in 2018..... is anyone surprised at their continued incompetence?

[@butch1dc]

Remember what most bootlickers and cops say ‘if you don’t do anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about’.

[@mazepa71]

They would also say three days in jail is no big deal, it got sorted out eventually

[@shelbynamels973]

@@mazepa71 Right. "The fact that she got released the next day shows that the system works". So infuriating.

[@MustPassTruck]

Aren't warrants signed by judges? Hold the judge accountable. Sue to remove his/her immunity.

[@elmeatopopsicle3309]

FISA court judges have left the chat

[@mitchfitz4259]

The sheriff is more interested in promoting himself than in justice.

[@Dj.MODÆO]

All the sheriffs are, especially the ones you see on tv all the time

[@cajunguy6502]

This is Broward county, the SHeriff already runs it.

[@sanjoaquinvalleytransparency1]

When people get their rights violated, they shouldn’t have to pay taxes that year.

[@miket5506]

You spelled “ever again” wrong.

[@DuffyGabi]

I’m guessing that the majority of people who do have their rights violated are actually criminals who probably aren’t paying taxes to begin with.

[@jdstar6352]

Most people who have their rights violated don't pay taxes.

[@QG1168]

Yup.. But how are you gonna pay back the $37 trillions your masters borrowed in your name?? 💵💵😄😄😄

[@chptech]

You don't pay taxes if you are not earning income, lol. More like the police department pays a 200k fine the office owes 10% of that out of their pocket.

[@mbalamgabo8515]

"DID NOTHING WRONG " ?! not checking out the OBVIOUS discrepancies between the warrant and the person you have in custody ? CAVITY SEARCH ?!...freezing air and loud music TORTURE ?!...this woman deserves MILLIONS and ALL these SADISTIC lawmen need to lose their jobs

[@tscoff]

That woman deserves a high 6 figure payout. Bare minimum of $500,000. The sheriff’s deputies were negligent.

[@xcalibertrekker6693]

Chances are slim but we still need to do it to hold them accountable.

[@phillipharris8159]

She deserves something for sure, but not from the taxpayers who did nothing wrong. They need a local public committee who's job it is to review this kind of thing and issue demotions of pay and rank, fines to the offending neglect officers, like we in the public get and their names in the press, like the public gets, as a shaming tactic. Otherwise nothing will change.

[@cycleboy8028]

@@phillipharris8159 You have to realize "us taxpayers" are fully culpable. We (collectively) are the ones that hire these cops, don't force laws that make them change practices like basic reading comprehension skills, etc. The cops work for "us" so "we" are responsible for the actions of our employees... from the top to the bottom. If we have lost control of them... there is only one remedy if collective voting and protesting to representatives doesn't work....

[@bondobilly9369]

Qualified immunity

[@TheRetiredtech]

But it's the taxpayers who pay. The people responsible for the mistake need to pay not the taxpayer

[@NeoKailthas]

Why are they not fired. Clearly they can't do the job.

[@watauguy]

I just watch this on IJ. Unbelievable! Thanks for covering this.

[@Sakja]

The booking officer told the cop that she had no warrants, but the cop waved it off.

[@TravisHRF16CC]

If this woman was on a cruise and left the US, she would have been carrying her passport. She likely had a DL and credit cards too. Seems like the arresting department was simply lazy and did no further research…it was Christmas after all they had other things to do. Absurd situation

[@johnbriggs3916]

It was the photo from her DL.

[@kamifuujin]

​@@johnbriggs3916the point being they had even more information before them to confirm her identity.

[@BlackJesus8463]

@@johnbriggs3916 They chose the photo at random, genius.

[@johnbriggs3916]

@@BlackJesus8463 No, it really was the DMV photo.

[@johnbriggs3916]

@@kamifuujin Yes, but all that would do is confirm that it really was her photo on the warrant.

[@MissLibertarian]

Institute for Justice is taking this case because it is winnable and makes a difference. But the objective is not just to punish them for treating her as guilty, but to stop them from doing the same to those who ultimately plead guilty. And if it was me I’d be doing it to stop the torture of guilty people. Humiliation does more harm than reform and endangers the lives of police officers, too. Teaching people to hate you is a dangerous endeavor.

[@pilotnamealreadytaken6035]

I wish someone would explain that to 45. 😢

[@D-GatDesignsLLC]

I've always said common sense is no longer common...ESPECIALLY WITH POLICE!

[@brettstarks1846]

I suspect this will expose an avalanche of negative stories about the BCSO.

[@tygressblade]

Why was the FL sheriff playing death murder music and freezing her out?

[@Dr.Claw_M.A.D.]

Punishment for being an abuser of children. The warrant was for child endangerment.

[@tinkertailor7385]

The deliberateness to create a "torturous" environment for the people under their "care" creates a lack of empathy for the prisoners (everyone knows how awful it is to be cold and unable to get warm). The irony is, is that the situation isn't designed to affect the prisoners state of mind, its designed to affect the staffs state of mind. If a system can get you to do that to people without complaint, then you are the "Right Stuff" for the system. That is how the Authoritarian State works. It's always watching and testing those within the system. The system is designed to be a system of control. That's why its called "Authoritarian" or "Totalitarian".

[@fs127]

Why'd Milwaukee County sheriff kill someone with dehydration? You expect some rational explanations for these sociopath's behaviour?

[@Pepesmall]

The freezing cold is normal for prisons. Your comfort is not their concern. The music is unusual for the officers but normally the noise comes from the other prisoners and their tvs or radios.

[@DarkForce2024]

Meh, if they thought death metal music would be torture for me, they would be wrong. I used to go to Ozzfest every year. 😅

[@EyeofDeborah]

Why would these creatures care if they have the wrong person? They never have consequences for their blunders. So round and round we go

[@thomasbonini7563]

Even though the person who attached the wrong photo to the warrant is not being sued, they should be fired. They are obviously not taking the job seriously and as seen, it needs to be.

[@cajunguy6502]

I agree, but lets not distract us from the fact that Broward county agressively, blatantly refused to do due diligence even when it was right in their face. A cleric error is a huge problem, but its not even work mentioning when the other guys in the case are using methods of torture outlawed in war. It was sadistic, cruel, and deliberate.

[@Metqa]

@@cajunguy6502 it's not a distraction . It's an addition IF a person can't read first middle and last names, they should not be allowed to touch papers that will change peopl's lives , and possibly even get them killed over their "mistake".

[@jhonspeedy]

Perhaps the police didn't apologise because admitting that mistake would create liability .

[@akulkis]

There should be increased liability for not admitting to mistakes.

[@BlackJesus8463]

@@akulkis Thats what they do to ones they persecute.

[@kennethstaszak9990]

There are plenty of anecdotes in many different situatuions where people say there wouldn't have been a law suit if they would have just been given an apology.

[@jhonspeedy]

@@kennethstaszak9990 No doubt , But there are also times that an apology can be used as an admission of guilt . Wouldn't be surprised if the officer are trained not to do it .

[@Metqa]

They already have NO liability because of "Qualified Stupidity" . They have nothing to lose. But they still do the worst possible job they can. It's quite amazing, actually , how they are still able to surprise us.

[@williampage622]

And the cops wonder why they are so little respected.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right you have a good point

[@kaydee3210]

Police: we investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong. 😤

[@UnknownWarriorZz]

You have to see their official statement. That’s almost verbatim what they wrote. “No misconduct was committed, this matter is now closed.”

[@arkive11]

Everytime.

[@mintoo2cool]

whats absolutely infuriating is not that they made a mistake, it’s that their statement is so cold, callus and lacks any sense of remorse, regret, contemplation, and reflection. it shows exactly the opposite of that - it shows contempt , blame passing and sense of invincibility … i really really makes me want to believe in God because the sorry excuse for a justice system that we have is absolutely pathetic and disgraceful.

[@patrickfaul834]

They will never be accused of being the best and the brightest.

[@mars6433]

Police are taught to never ever ever never admit to doing something wrong.

[@alanmacification]

Why can't grown adults accept responsibility when they do something wrong? Nobody said it was deliberate. It was incompetence, and incompetence is not exculpatory.

[@sarajuanaict]

Swine lack critical thinking skills

[@Saje3D]

Sufficiently advanced incompetence is often indistinguishable from malice.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Alanmaciflcation right

[@VVilde36]

when she was being forcibly cavity searched and clearly they had the wrong person in that moment... obviously they already knew. The name of the game this whole time has been to assault her and try to get away with it

[@reflect.]

Genuine question, why do you think this was incompetences and not something more?

[@cvr527]

Just goes to show how incompetent law enforcement, from top to bottom, is in the USA today.

[@71DLM]

I’m so glad you’re covering this!

[@airplanemechanic9513]

How would you even know what he's covering? You commented before watching the video.

[@Richard-f4b4r]

@@airplanemechanic9513 She used present tense. she was obviously watching it being covered when she posted her remark.

[@beadbird]

As a mother-in-law whose kids were deployed to Japan for three years I'd be FLIPPIN FREAKIN and using a lot of F-words to such incompetent cops! To miss that departure? Absolutely unforgiveable!

[@kampar82]

She's going to have a payday will be able to visit him several times.

[@NearlyFullyFree]

She probably did exactly that, - cursed at and called them idiots and likely protested her innocence every hour and that’s why they blasted music at her and kept her in freezing conditions

[@beadbird]

@@NearlyFullyFree The lady cooperated when arrested, didn't freak out, and put her hands behind her without a fight. I definitely wouldn't have been that calm, but we all react differently. The way she was treated was absolutely criminal!

[@voiceofreason-ct1nm]

They need to pay her millions of dollars to make up for this

[@ianbattles7290]

Nothing short of a million dollars would satisfy me if I spent three days in jail for somebody else's warrant.

[@rebeccarittenhouse2203]

Ridiculous.

[@108gk]

A million after taxes and other fees

[@voiceofreason-ct1nm]

@@rebeccarittenhouse2203 it is ridiculous that anyone would put up with this for less than

[@cajunguy6502]

It is SICKENING how often I hear "Broward County sheriffs" as someone with zero connects to Florida. The whole county needs to be disband and restructured, blacklisting all former employee, ZERO exceptions. The Government sponsored lawlessness needs to stop.

[@zibbielanham]

I'm so happy to hear IfJ is on this one! I'm really sick of officers refusing to verify an innocent person's details Before Arrest!

[@NDcompetitiveshooter]

A prosecutor should be required to actually review the case and determine if it is "weak" or not prior to having a felony arrest warrant issued.

[@dangeary2134]

Never trust a cop. EVER!

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@bryanmitchell5728]

Thats torture. Hope she gets a Phat check.

[@MrRobertX70]

I'm happy to hear that the Institute for Justice is going directly after the sheriff employees and not the county. All these problems could be avoided if sheriff/police departments hired candidates with higher IQs.

[@Metqa]

You know they can't do that. Smart people make smart decisions and don't follow blindly.

[@matthewwarren7879]

why do we even have border patrol if we are just allowing anyone and everyone to come here no questions asked.

[@Arachnebyte]

Is reading so hard for law enforcement that they have to do everything based on a picture?

[@Metqa]

Yes. They can't read Addresses. They can't read names. They can't read breathalyzers. They can't read the constitution.

[@jefferyroblow3453]

Further proof that law enforcement employs zero logic in performing their duties.

[@jsl151850b]

*They owe her a trip to Japan.*

[@Sakja]

They owe her 1000 round trips to Japan.

[@goodoakpress]

She needs to sue each and every agency involved for millions.

[@williampage622]

Needs to sue Harris County also.

[@cjroberts4457]

I swear they drill it in their heads in train, just use the answer “We investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing”

[@perryelyod4870]

Broward County Police should also be investigated for torture in their jail cells.

[@patriotlightning4699]

"BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S"...... the same Broward County COWARDS that stood down while 17 people were being slaughtered @ Parkland High School back in 2018..... is anyone surprised at their continued incompetence?

[@georgiapatriot4575]

MINIMUM $150,000 every time the police violate someone's civil rights. OR remove qualified immunity. There has to be some sort of accountability.

[@user-no1cares]

Ben’s hiding behind the LAWYER DOG sign on our upper rhs.

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

I looked here, I looked there, I looked Everywhere except there... Mornin' Bill

[@user-no1cares]

@@Bobs-Wrigles5555 Seems like it’s always in the last place you look, eh?

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

@@user-no1cares Well, Personally I tend to stop looking when that happens....🤣

[@DanielJohnson-ps4xv]

Why would they claim they did nothing wrong? Qualified immunity. We have to end the idea that cops are always hero’s and never should be held responsible for incompetence or wrong doing.

[@houseoflabs300]

It is the general attitude of LE these days, "oh, just take them to jail, we can sort it out later." that is unacceptable. This agency was holding a person with a different name, height, eye color and age than listed on the warrant. The devil with the picture, pictures can be manipulated. Common sense would tell you this is not verified and you let her go. Three days in jail and the agency just shrugs their shoulders like it's not a big deal. It is just a little mistake. No, it is gross incompetence and negligence on all agencies involved and change needs to be made. Courts need to recognize the gravity of the "mistake" and punish for it. How about a civil penalty where the agency doing the holding gets hit with a fine and the agency with the bad record keeping gets hit as well? Robbing someone of their liberty is a really big deal and needs to be held sacred.

[@PiscesMoon2You]

Just saw this story on another channel and when she was arrested another officer ran her license and told the arresting officer she had no warrants out for her. That arresting officer had a hard on to arrest her. Total power trip.

[@Metqa]

DAyum, So they can't even listen to their own team. They are hell bent on being the WORST POSSIBLE PEOPLE and producing the WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES! Imagine what would have happened if they just detained her, and said, Let's check in on this, and they ran her licenses at the port and saw no warrants and noticed the discrepencies. They would have been called 2nd hand heroes for CORRECTING the error. But they had to dig in , like a child with their fingers in their ears shouting 'Naaanannaaa I Can't Hear You!"

[@NearlyFullyFree]

They are like soldiers, (or perhaps they like to think they are soldiers), just blindly following orders.

[@jerrycochran9155]

The department should have to pay the fees & penalties out of their budget and then have the budget frozen at that reduced amount for a period of NOT LESS THAN 10 years , NO adjustment for inflation.

[@thepcal9654]

They could afford a cruise, but couldn’t afford an attorney who could get her out immediately? Even so, pay the lady for this gross incompetence.

[@dirtfarmer7070]

You can't get out "immediately " I most cases. Usually only certain officers do this job and certainly not on Christmas. So your screwed for a few days no matter what.

[@JohnSmith-ug5ci]

Corrupt police.

[@patriotlightning4699]

"BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S"...... the same Broward County COWARDS that stood down while 17 people were being slaughtered @ Parkland High School back in 2018..... is anyone surprised at their continued incompetence?

[@genespell4340]

Incompetent police. Totally incompetent.

[@redwingblackbird8306]

Both departments are responsible, but 99 percent on the office in Texas, for being lazy when issueing the warrant.

[@bondobilly9369]

They will investigate themselves, find nothing wrong, and skate on with qualified immunity.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@scanmead]

It was A mistake made by multiple people. I don't think there is one governmental agency that hasn't lost my respect in the past few years.

[@bobechs7234]

Callous indifference to basic rights is the current standard of police practice. Closing ranks does not inspire confidence that anything will change in the foreseeable future. This is one aspect of the police war on the general public.

[@dmcd7333]

Sue for $50 million on the department... then sue each cop and jailer personally.

[@georgebooth2505]

How HEARTLESS!

[@brianschumaker5912]

And now it will cost thousands to have her record expunged.

[@ohredbrd]

The older I get the more fearful I am that it could happen to me, or obviously anyone.

[@tuvoca825]

It's weird when people want to solve all their problems by making other people self-reflect.

[@reggiebenes2916]

If you are looking for someone in their 20s, and you arrest someone in their 50s, then you are so incompetent that you shouldn't be allowed to drive a car much less be a police officer. It's time to start giving basic competency tests as a requirement to become a policeman. I mean the tests where you have to put a round block, through a round hole, because I think 1/4 of police officers today would have serious trouble with that.

[@Metqa]

Okay, Perhaps you didn't know but they already DO give basic competency tests. If you score too high, you are dismissed from selection.

[@nelsonwestrick9241]

Wow those cops have no sympathy, empathy or compassion for there fellow man!! Pure evil displayed by these tyrants!!

[@lisashephard2974]

Poor lady what a heck of a thing to happen to a person!

[@Muksanim2012]

Ego and pride keep officers from admitting their mistake. This lady deserves a big award for officers misconduct. One million dollars should teach officers to be more observant and careful!

[@mrk4972]

I seen this from the INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE. Thank God someone is helping her. They groped the CRAP out of her completely violated her BODY and her address and BIRTHDATE don't match at ALL.

[@monkstandinglast]

Ego and stupidity won't let them double check anything which will be their own downfall stupidity.

[@MissLibertarian]

Obviously, ALL those in jail with her were innocent, too. Which is why they also were denied due process. All of us outside the jail were denied due process (due process is a benefit to society). And they need to be sued for torture. Cold air and loud music is no joke. Stress kills. Even the guilty don’t deserve torture, but what was done here was criminal.

[@janitorizamped]

Cold air and loud music is not torture. It's not good, it's either illegal or it should be illegal, but it's far from torture. Changing the definitions of words doesn't help anyone.

[@jaykoerner]

​@@janitorizampedI agree it's not severe enough to qualify as torture, but you could definitely argue that it is intentionally inflicting either pain or suffering on an individual just not severe pain and suffering, in that case would it still not qualify as cool and unusual punishment at least? At the very least it is a positive action that someone had to go out of their way to do to both lower the temperature in a facility below comfortable levels and play loud music and if done for the express purpose of causing discomfort to another individual it seems like sadism and missuse of tax money

[@jessicaanderson7885]

​@@janitorizampedDeliberately inflicting pain and suffering on someone who has no way to escape is definitely torture.

[@janitorizamped]

@@jessicaanderson7885 making someone listen to loud music in a cold room is not torture. Stop trying to lie your way into making this worse than it was. They abused the poor woman, they did not torture her.

[@quienvive675]

Give her a million dollars and Attorney’s fees...

[@AeroGuy07]

I watched the IJ video on this this morning. According to them, the cops in Texas used the wrong photo that they found in the DMV database.

[@Oldskooltrucker]

Texas cops are horrible about that. They just google a name and pick out someone they find as the perpetrator of a crime. My sister had a warrant out for her arrest for DWI in Houston...and she's never been there. It took getting a lawyer and suing to get her name cleared. The kicker of it all? The woman's mug shot was of a black woman, my sister is white.

[@ChrisMorton75]

Boward County has a history of bad arrests and misadventures.

[@stephanreiken9912]

Her photo but not her name or any other identifying information, they failed big time.