METRO cops bust elderly Chinese immigrant for consuming animal crackers
KTRK-13's Marvin Zindler reports that METRO's police force is doing its part to keep the city safe from bad guys:
A Houston woman was kicked off a city bus and arrested, and you're not going to believe her crime. You'd think this woman was one of the most hardened criminals of all time because of the way she was arrested.
With the serious crime we have - murders, aggravated assault, burglaries, robberies - a timid woman was arrested for the most horrible crime of all. This woman was arrested for eating animal crackers on a METRO bus. The municipal court ticket even cites her for eating animal crackers.
Li Li Chao, 68, is from the People's Republic of China. She just got her citizenship and was promptly busted on the bus. Her son tells what happened because Li Li doesn't speak English very well. He said two plain clothes METRO cops took her off the bus.
Jimmy Zhou said, "They took her off the bus. They gave her a ticket. My mom just caught the next bus."
Zindler spoke to the presiding judge, who spoke to the prosecutor, who agreed to drop the case:
"I asked the prosecutor to review the case. They reviewed the case, they called the officer and the prosecution has decided not to continue with the case," Judge Mejia explained. "So they have dismissed the case."
Nice. So the METRO undercover cops just wound up wasting everyone's time with this nonsense.
I wonder if the METRO cops were bored members of METRO's Elite Counterterror Force?
AWESOME CHRIS BAKER ON-AIR COMMENT: "I'm surprised they didn't Taser her!"
Us too!
UPDATE: It's worth noting that the same METRO that cut funding for security at the Park-and-Pillage lots apparently has plenty of money to crack down on those renegade elderly transit users who snack on animal crackers! Chief Lambert has his priorities.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/16/06 05:41 PM | Print |
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