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Dallas officer cites female driver for not speaking English

DALLAS — Ernestina Mondragon understood she would have to pay a fine when rookie Dallas police officer ticketed her for making an illegal U-turn.

But it was a ticket he gave her for being a "non-English speaking driver" that she knew had to be wrong.

"I wanted to tell him," Mondragon told The Associated Press in Spanish on Friday. "I couldn't talk back to him out of respect."

Television station WFAA-TV reported that police officials admit ticket was a mistake since no law prohibits people who don't speak English from driving a private vehicle. Dallas police officials plan to discuss the matter later Friday.

Mondragon had been driving her 11-year-old daughter to school on Oct. 2 when Officer Gary Bromley stopped her. She had forgotten her purse with her license in it while darting out the door that morning after her daughter missed the school bus.

(more): http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_13627487

By sloopskipper on Oct 26, 2009, 09:26 in Off Topic.

ranaquajo (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 26, 2009, 09:32:

TFF... .... unless it's you having to go to court to get the dismissal...

“The people using your software, even if you own it and pay for it, have rights and will behave as if they have rights. And if you abrogate those rights, you'll hear about it very quickly.”

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whitewidow says on Oct 26, 2009, 10:38:

what kind of name is moondragon anyways?

I'm no doper! I just play one on TV.

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MitchAlvarez says on Nov 10, 2009, 01:51:

jajaj she should get a ticket just for having to spell or enunciate that

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