Life in "Progress" City

From the city of Cincinnati, who hasn't had a conservative run the city since bear fur was the fashion of the day..........

Let's play this game. You are the daughter of a local city council member (also a retired policeman) and you get pulled over at 1:30 am with a bottle of vodka under the seat. In addition, the driver has an outstanding felony warrant.

Do you

a) stay in your car and follow the instructors and go on your merry way.
b) do you get out of your car and mouth off and eventually get tazed by the officer.

Well, if you are a "progressive" here in Cincinnati, you choose B and then you go to the media and charge the police for excessive force.

A Cincinnati police officer arrested and used a Taser on the daughter of Cincinnati City Councilman Cecil Thomas early Sunday.

Police records said Celeste Thomas, 26, was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a hit-skip accident and was arrested at 1:25 a.m. Sunday along W. McMillan Street on charges of obstructing official business and possessing an open container, after a bottle of Kamchatka vodka was allegedly found under her seat.

She was told to stay inside the vehicle, police said, but disobeyed verbal commands and exited the car, approaching officers.

Her arrest report indicated she had marks on her back as a result of being subsequently shocked with a Taser.

Cecil Thomas, a retired Cincinnati police oficer, said his daughter told him she was ordered out of the car, a 2004 Toyota Corolla that she owns, and told to get down on the ground.

She repeatedly asked officers why she was being detained, he said.

“While that was taking place, that type of conversation, she felt a sharp pain in the back. She said she felt like she was having a seizure,” Cecil Thomas said.

The car’s driver, Demetri Washington, 33, was found to have a felony warrant on a burglary charge.

Court documents say Washington, then of Pleasant Ridge, is accused of breaking into the home of a neighbor on July 24 by kicking down the door. He threatened to kill the victim, a complaint said.

Let me give a little education to Ms. Thomas from a white guy who had a gun drawn on him during a traffic stop. (something her cop father failed to do).

Shut up get into your car.

I once looked into my rear view mirror and saw a cop with the flashing lights on. I was so surprised, I pulled over and got out of my car. The cop actually drew his gun and asked me to get back into my car with the hands on the wheel.

I did what he said and got my speeding ticket. He told me that when I popped out of the car so quick, it looked like I was up for a confrontation which is why he drew his gun (this was pre tazer days).

I ended up with a ticket but no injuries for a club in the head or a gun shot wound.

We'll wait to see what the cop cam shows but I'm siding with the cops until the evidence says otherwise.

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