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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 04:52 PM Oct 2015

Family Assaulted by Cops for “Suspicion of Breast Feeding,” Dad Arrested for No Reason

Not. The. Onion.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/video-family-assaulted-cops-suspicion-breast-feeding-dad-arrested-reason/

Local artist, DC Prophitt was doing absolutely nothing wrong when he was approached by multiple Charles County Sheriff’s deputies. The deputies mistakenly thought that Prophitt’s girlfriend was breastfeeding their baby in the vehicle, so he decided to ruin their year....

When the video begins, Prophitt is understandably aggravated by the stop and he was unafraid of voicing this emotion. As a deputy attempts to cite the couple for the non-existent “breast feeding violation,” Prophitt becomes even more upset....

At this point, the deputy then grabs the woman and forces her to the other side of the vehicle. He then begins to threaten her with arrest too....

When they ask why Prophitt is being arrested, the deputy asserts his authority, claiming that he is responsible for regulating how people should act in public. “There’s a certain way to act in public my friend, and that is not it,” spouts the deputy.


Wonder if they were on their way to Olive Garden?
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Family Assaulted by Cops for “Suspicion of Breast Feeding,” Dad Arrested for No Reason (Original Post) KamaAina Oct 2015 OP
Three patrol cars. Three dashcams. Not a single one working. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #1
Gofundme account Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #2
Multiple cases of evidence tampering. False arrest. Lying under oath. Libel. DetlefK Oct 2015 #3
Police state, but not. Rex Oct 2015 #4
I would let DU know what I think of this "Deputy" ... StandingInLeftField Oct 2015 #5
I swear to Princess Celestia, hifiguy Oct 2015 #6
What the Hell is suspicion of breast-feeding? Aerows Oct 2015 #7
It isn't KamaAina Oct 2015 #8
Well they did have a circumcised pit bull with them. LuvNewcastle Oct 2015 #9
Were they smoking? KamaAina Oct 2015 #10
If they were, give them the chair! LuvNewcastle Oct 2015 #11
 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
1. Three patrol cars. Three dashcams. Not a single one working.
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 04:57 PM
Oct 2015

Harris also said that all three deputies testified that their dashcams were not working at the time.

Three patrol cars. Three dashcams. Not a single one working.

They also claimed the surveillance from the gas station was not working either, a video Harris tried to obtain the day after his arrest, only to be told he had to go through corporate, who, in turn, told him he needed to get a court order.

The employees at the Dash In also told him Charles County deputies had already obtained the footage, apparently not having to go through such hurdles.

https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2015/10/maryland-deputies-arrest-man-before-confiscating-girlfriends-phone-for-recording/

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
3. Multiple cases of evidence tampering. False arrest. Lying under oath. Libel.
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 05:19 PM
Oct 2015

Plus destruction of private property: The video that was on the Smartphone.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
4. Police state, but not.
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 05:21 PM
Oct 2015

It is when you have to encounter the police state, it is not if you hide and never ask for help.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
6. I swear to Princess Celestia,
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 05:45 PM
Oct 2015

you have to PROVE that you're even dumber than a Repig politician to be hired by any police agency these days. And that thought makes the mind shrivel.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
8. It isn't
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 06:06 PM
Oct 2015

that's the whole point of this story. The oinker made up a fake crime in order to harass two (likely African American) people.

LuvNewcastle

(16,820 posts)
11. If they were, give them the chair!
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 06:26 PM
Oct 2015

When people do things that harm their health, execution is the only solution.

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