Coin flip arrest

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More piece of shit cops.  Or just cops.

 

 

'Coin-flip arrest' uncovered in 11Alive investigation | Officers placed on leave

The case against the woman they arrested was dropped after the prosecutor watched the body camera footage of an arrest decision based on a coin-flip app.

 

Author: Brendan Keefe

Published: 2:45 PM EDT July 12, 2018

Updated: 9:50 AM EDT July 13, 2018

The 11Alive Investigators have discovered that Roswell officers recently jailed a woman over a coin flip. Now, amid our investigation, both officers are on administrative leave.

Heads, you're released and tails you go to jail - those were the odds Sarah Webb faced in a traffic stop in April. But she didn't know about the police coin flip until we told her.

 

 

 

Two officers involved were forced to turn in their guns and their badges right after Roswell police learned The Investigators were on the case.

Sarah Webb was stopped for speeding past a Roswell cruiser. Officer Courtney Brown added a charge of reckless driving because of the wet pavement but asked fellow officers what she should do.

"What do you think?" another responding officer, Kristee Wilson, said on body camera footage.

Brown responded that she didn't have speed detection. The other officer pointed out she also didn't have any tickets. So Brown opened a coin flip app on her phone. These were the moments that followed.

Officer Wilson: “A (arrest) head, R (release) tail.”

Officer Brown: “OK (sound of coin flip) laugh.”

Officer Wilson: “This is tail right?”

Officer Brown: “Yeah. So release?”

Officer Wilson: “23 (code for arrest).”

Officer Brown: “Michael Jordan? (laugh). Alright, so I’ve got too fast (laugh) for conditions, reckless..”

With Webb still in her car, she had no idea she had just lost a coin flip that would take her freedom. She was handcuffed and placed in the back of the police cruiser crying. She didn't even find out about the fateful flip until The Investigators contacted her.

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"Wow, these people put my freedom in the hands of a coin flip," she said. "And that's disgusting."

We were in court on Monday when Webb's charges were thrown out. The prosecutor dismissed the case and spoke to Webb.

"She said, 'I have watched the videos and I absolutely refuse to prosecute this case'," Webb said.

This traffic stop happened in early April, but Roswell didn't put officers Brown and Wilson on administrative leave before 11Alive started asking questions two months later. An internal affairs investigation is already underway.

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[hayden_horn 11401]

wait, so it landed on tails and they arrested her anyways? it was never about the coin flip, it was about a power trip

[Gene Parmesan 4062]

They didn't even respect the sanctity of the coin flip.

[Brothahorn 10096]

Female cops are the worst of the blue assholes. Constantly trying to prove that their dildo is bigger than your dick.

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30 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

Female cops are the worst of the blue assholes. Constantly trying to prove that their dildo is bigger than your dick.

[Dewey 3325]

Nothing ever gets done til word gets out, then these these departments start "investigating " . Put those officers in jail for the same amount.time she was in for, treat those officers the same way she was treated.

[Pato del Muerto 53338]

If they had followed the coin, I’d have just chalked it up to another case of women being indecisive. 

And that PD has no issues partnering two women together?  Seems like a liability waiting to happen. 

[Beau Vine 55829]

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[Stella Link 535]

1...would

2...too gummy