Dallas PD Won't Press Charges Against Carolyn Davis For Interfering With Traffic Stop

• CP, did he grant authorization? Secondly, the Supreme Court has ruled that the police have no cause to search for the sin of breaking a traffic law. It is abusive and a waste of your tax dollars. You can shave your head and wear Doc Martens and stop these "idiots" yourself. Hey, that would give the police something to do.

• @scott- that's why they ask, "May we take a look inside your vehicle?" You can either say yes or no. They don't have to have "probable cause" because they simply asked. If you say yes, and you get popped for having a joint in your ashtray or an open container, it's your own damn fault. This "tactic" is used to get thugs like this idiot off the streets; he has a criminal record and no doubt has victimized his neighborhood. If they searched his truck, it's because he gave them permission to; they can't arrest him for running stop signs and not allowing them to search his vehicle.

• What you've missed is that there is no cause for the police to search, or seek to search a vehicle during a routine moving violation. If they didn't smell alcohol or something else, if nothing is visible, there is no cause to search. If you see someone getting their car searched, we should all ask, what's your probable cause? We don't have the budget to be paying cops to fart around the jail, hamming it up with other officers for 3 hours over a hidden 1/2 ounce of weed, or even a few rocks. This takes him off the beat for what advantage? We have substantial issues with vehicle break-ins and burglary generally. I wish the police would crack down on that, on other real issues, rather than harassing poor people. Again, write him a ticket, if there are any warrants, serve them, and let people get about their lives. You want less gov't, fewer taxes, we need to stop the gestapo tactics and have police focus their limited resources to protecting us from bad guys. Write the ticket and move to more important matters.

• In todays liberal society, if you are born a minority you automatically get a "get out of jail free" card with your birth certificate.

• The cops were looking for something to bust this guy on. Plain and Simple. You don't think that people running stop signs are the police's major concern in this neighborhood, do you? NO ONE cares about that. The police in South Dallas police for crimes against people. The police in Highland Park police for crimes against property.

• After a scene like this, I'm confident that she's truly an incompetent, power-wielding idiot who somehow has gotten elected to the city council. Why she inserted herself into this situation is beyond me, but I do hope she gets reprimanded by suggesting that their actions may affect her position on pension reform. It's also stupid situations like these that take up our officers' time and prevent them from addressing more pressing calls and problems. How much time was spent investigating this incident? I think she should have gotten arrested or ticketed.

• Guess we can add Carolyn Davis to the list... Don Hill, Terri Hodge, Shiela Farrington, Brian Potashnik, D�Angelo Lee, Al Lipscomb, James Fantroy, Dwayne Caraway, Eddie Bernice Johnson.

• It's like they're trying to live down to every negative stereotype of inner-city black governance. Detroit, here we come!

• According to the DMN story, he has a long criminal history. So why not embellish that he was "yanked" and "thrown"? I'm sure it's still the talk of the neighborhood! Also, police will ask if they can search your car when you are pulled over. It's a bullshit bully tactic. They ask very politely, "Would you mind if we take a look inside your car?" Well, why? Why would they want to? Because if you say yes, then they get add value to their routine traffic stop IF they find something, anything. If they want to look inside your car, it's because they think you're guilty of something and they are looking for something to prove it, like if you get pulled over at 11:30pm coming home sober from your service industry job. They don't want to look inside your vehicle after running a stop sign at 10 in the morning! In this case, they ran Burnley's ID through the computer and saw that he's a criminal so they figured that if they searched his car they'd find something illegal.

• So he says he didn't run the stop signs, was yanked out of his truck, thrown against the truck, didn't give permission to search his truck, etc. The video CLEARLY shows he wasn't yanked out of or thrown against the truck. So how believable is the rest of his story? Councilperson Davis needs to spend more time showing up to meetings and learning what the hell is going on, instead of interjecting herself into police business (and basically calling the police thugs) and taking trips overseas.

• When I first heard about this story, I knew Chief Brown would not take action against her and try to bury the story as soon as possible. She is not being charged, but at the same time citizens are being warned not to interject themselves in officer traffic stops because the implication is they would be? I salute the officers on the scene and the Sergeant who responded for their calm demeanor and restraint in this case, it really shows the professionalism of the Dallas Police Department, and only shows what an unprofessional fool Carolyn Davis really is.

• Just like Denton County D.A. Paul Johnson, the DPD is soft on crime.

• Complete transcript, please!

• This is political influence in DPD at the highest level. If this was the average person, no way they would not be arrested. It is so lame to say CM Davis did nothing wrong and offer a warning for others to be cautious when interfering with an officer doing there duty.....Whatever credibilty Chief Brown had has been lost along with Ryan Evans, who oversees DPD..........absolutely incredible. So now all city council members and mayor have the right to intercede in an official action of DPD? Is that what the City of Dallas is saying? Unbelievable!!!!!!!

• Hmmm...not sure I agree with the determination on page 7.

• Are they going to also release the video that shows whether Burnley did in fact run those stop signs, or just the ESL comedy segment featuring Davis?

• Oh, this is really a shock. I wonder if she was one of the City Council members who voted to ban bullying?

• Why don't we just exile her to Belize for a few weeks. Oh...right...been there, done that.

• Translation: She did it and we will let her get away with it this time, but if you are an average Joe Q. Public and try to pull a stunt like that, expect to get tazed, beaten and arrested.

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