“They said I’m in the wrong place and that they’re going to give me a ticket,” she adds about the LA County sheriff’s deputies. “That’s OK as long as I watch them.” LAPD said the man was stopped during a burglary investigation and that Maxine got out her car and started shouting at them.
That is not captured in the video below but she does admit to watching them assuming the worst rather than assuming the cops are doing their job. The whole situation is sad because we do need police reform but that can only come with Dem support.
And not just with votes, they have to admit that some of their polices have failed, that they have had the opposite effect however well-intentioned, and that they are in fact the underlying cause of many problems.
From The Daily Mail:
Waters claims that the deputies threatened her with a ticket for pulling over the way she did.
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office later told DailyMail.com that the motorist had been pulled over as part of a burglary investigation.
In the footage of the incident, posted on Facebook by a user named Marva Brown, Waters is seen on the side of the road explaining her actions.
‘They stopped a brother, so I stopped to see what they were doing,’ the 81-year-old lawmaker said in the footage.
‘They say I’m in the wrong place. They say they’re going to give me a ticket,’ she explained.
‘That’s ok, as long as I watch them,’ Waters added.
The person recording agrees with the congresswoman, and replies, ‘Gotta do what they gotta do. Make sure.’
‘I will,’ said Waters as she walked away towards a female officer who watched her from nearby.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office told DailyMail.com that the motorist had been pulled over as part of a burglary investigation about 8.30am Friday.
They said Waters initially pulled her vehicle up to the traffic stop and began ‘yelling at the deputies’.
The congresswoman was told she was obstructing traffic and to pull over.
She was later released with a warning after she refused to sign a citation for the possible violation, the spokesperson said.
The man who was pulled over was found to be in possession of a metal pipe, however, he also was released.
A spokesperson for Waters was not immediately available when DailyMail.com reached out for comment.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA 43) making sure the brother pulled over is having his rights protected! Queen! pic.twitter.com/sT9Mk3Tz7X— 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 (@exavierpope) July 19, 2020
