ABC News: Breastfeeding Mom Arrested in Mistaken Identity — How is stuff like this even possible?
Colorado police are investigating a woman’s complaint about how she was ordered to stop nursing her baby, thrown against her family car with her blouse still open, and taken away to jail in handcuffs in what turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.
“I’m in shock,” said the woman’s husband, Ricky Archuleta, describing the incident. “The baby’s screaming. The kids start crying and screaming and I don’t know what to do. I actually don’t know what I said. I said something and he [the state trooper] just yelled in the car and said, ‘You need to be silent.’ ”
The June 12 arrest stemmed from a case of mistaken identity by police, and charges against Mercedes Archuleta have been dropped. But the mother, who wound up spending a night in jail, recently told John Ferrugia of ABC News Denver affiliate KMGH-TV that she was terrified and humiliated by police mistakes and rough treatment.
Love your posting and your view on the MacIntel. Keep plugging your “Dvorak.org/blog” on TWIT.
I’m sure we’ll see an online petition asking for reparations from the police department in coming days. Let’s all make a difference and sign it!
I don’t blame them a bit. When those things are lactating they can be dangerous. I’ve seen them take a guys head clean off. I agree with Robert. They need your sensibilities in the TWIT cast. The young guys gets too excited over toys and start to babble.
Luckily for her she wasn’t mistaken for a terrorist. She may have been interred for more than a night.