Texas-style justice rears its head once more. Police Chief David Kunkle said Dallas police, including rookie officer GaryBromley, wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English over the last three years. The pending cases will be dismissed and those who paid the $204 fines will be reimbursed, he said. The citations were reportedly issued in several different patrol divisions...
... in his career, but the green background wasn’t quite the same. Simple, sharp and breathtaking. • GaryBromley: Nicknamed Bones, the former Vancouver netminder has his mask painted as a human skull. Talk about intimidation. • Gerry Cheevers: The one-time Boston netminder wore one of those old-school Jason-type masks. He wrote with a marker on each spot where he took a puck to the face....
Can’t speak English? You better not be pulled over in Texas … Nearly forty people have gotten "no-English" traffic violation tickets: The Dallas Police Department said it was embarrassed by what it calls a mistake by rookie Officer GaryBromley after he stopped Ernestina Mondragon for making an illegal U-turn. In addition for being cited for [...]
... tell someone not to speak Spanish." The practice came to light in early October when Officer GaryBromley, a rookie cop undergoing training, stopped Ernestina Mondragon for making an improper U-turn and then ticketed her for not speaking English. The woman was so upset that her family wound up taking her to the emergency room. So at what point in the Police Academy do they instruct...
Rookie Dallas cop tickets woman for driving while not speaking English -- UPDATED: " Of course, the local cops are calling it a 'rookie mistake':A Dallas rookie police officer erred when he cited a woman earlier this month for being a non-English speaking driver, police said. Officer GaryBromley issued a citation Oct. 2 to 48-year-old Ernestina Mondragon after stopping
DOWNLOADS: (29) PLAYS: (122) Of course, the local cops are calling it a "rookie mistake" : A Dallas rookie police officer erred when he cited a woman earlier this month for being a non-English speaking driver, police said. Officer GaryBromley issued a citation Oct. 2 to 48-year-old Ernestina Mondragon after stopping her for making an illegal U-turn in the 500 block of Easton...
... who had paid a $204 fine would be reimbursed. In Mondragon's case, Kunkle said rookie officer GaryBromley had been confused by a pull-down menu on his computer that listed "non-English-speaking driver" as an option, even though it is part of a federal law that Dallas police do not enforce. Flores said he was suspicious of that explanation and suggested that the officers might have...
... who had paid a $204 fine would be reimbursed. In Mondragon's case, Kunkle said rookie officer GaryBromley had been confused by a pull-down menu on his computer that listed "non-English-speaking driver" as an option, even though it is part of a federal law that Dallas police do not enforce. Flores said he was suspicious of that explanation and suggested that the officers might have...
I don't even know what to say : Of course, the local cops are calling it a "rookie mistake" : A Dallas rookie police officer erred when he cited a woman earlier this month for being a non-English speaking driver, police said. Officer GaryBromley issued a citation Oct. 2 to 48-year-old Ernestina Mondragon after stopping her for making an illegal U-turn in the 500 block of Easton...
Dallas Rookie Officer GaryBromley issued a citation on Oct. 2 to Ernestina Mondragon for being a non-English-speaking driver. She was pulled over for making an illegal U-turn and her citation included the violation of "non-English Speaking". Mondragon's daughter Brenda Mondragon said her mother was rushing to take her younger sister to school that day and did not see the "no...
The case that led to the discovery of all the others occurred Oct. 2, when Ernestina Mondragon was stopped for making an illegal U-turn in the White Rock area. Rookie Officer GaryBromley cited Mondragon for three violations: disregarding a traffic control device, failure to present a driver's license and "non-English speaking driver."
... Dallas residents to speak English came to light after it was revealed that a rookie officer, GaryBromley, had issued a citation on Oct. 2 to Ernestina Mondragon for being a non-English-speaking driver. Bromley had stopped the 48-year-old woman for making an improper U-turn in the 500 block of Easton Road, near East Northwest Highway, according to the citation. Police officials...
... Mondragon was stopped for making an illegal U-turn in the White Rock area. Rookie Officer GaryBromley cited Mondragon for three violations: disregarding a traffic control device, failure to present a driver's license and "non-English speaking driver." In that case and perhaps the others, officials said, the officer was confused by a pull-down menu on his in-car computer that listed...
... if other citations turn up, Kunkle said.On Oct. 2, Ernestina Mondragon was pulled over by Officer GaryBromley, a rookie who was still under supervised training. He gave her a ticket for not speaking English along with citing her for making an illegal U-turn and failing to carry her drivers license."I wanted to tell him," Mondragon told The Associated Press in Spanish on Friday. "I...
... be investigated for dereliction of duty. The practice came to light in early October when Officer GaryBromley, a rookie cop undergoing training, stopped Ernestina Mondragon for making an improper U-turn and then ticketed her for not speaking English. The woman was so upset that her family wound up taking her to the emergency room. ""I felt humiliated," Mondragon told the Associated...
