Texas Strip Searches Driver for Failure to Signal a Turn
Unless you’re the fastidious type, you might want to avoid driving in Melissa. WFAA reports that police in the Texas town pulled over one Mark Robinson for failure to use his turn signal. The police officer then hauled the 24-year-old to jail where “he was booked, strip searched, and sat for 3 hours.” Robinson found himself sitting next to Bubba other dangerous criminals. “They asked me what I was in there for and I said a turn signal violation.” Robinson had a clean (to that point) rap sheet and claimed he’d never been jailed before (yeah? what about that faulty taillight thing?). However, Robison does admit that he “challenged” the officer’s questions when he was stopped. Still, Melissa’s police chief was aghast. “In the 6 years I’ve been the police chief, this is the first time,” says Chief Duane Smith. But he stands behind his officer. “I’m not going to let some little out-of-town asshole punk kid mouth off to my officer. He’s lucky I didn’t beat the shit out of him.” No, I’m kidding. I just made that up. As far as I know.