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Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley drove home and called the Webster police chief when officers tried to pull her over for speeding Monday.
An upstate New York district attorney refused to stop for cops when she was caught speeding and instead drove back her house and called the police chief to complain about the ahole officer who pursued her home, bodycam footage shows.
Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley admitted that she was driving 55 mph in a 35 mph zone on Monday on Phillips Road in Webster less than half a mile from her neighborhood, WHAM reported.
Once I realized that the intention of the [police car] was to pull me over, I called the Webster Police Chief to inform him that I was not a threat and that I would speak to the Officer at my house down the street, she said in a statement.
New York D.A. Fails to Stop for Speeding Ticket, Swears at Police Officer: 'I Understand the Law Better Than You'
In bodycam footage of the exchange, District Attorney Sandra Doorley admitted to going 20 miles per hour over the speed limit and said, I dont really care"
d to stop for authorities before having a heated interaction with the officer who attempted to pull her over.
Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley returned home on April 22 following the attempted traffic stop in Webster, N.Y., and then repeatedly refused to comply with the officers commands when he arrived at her house, bodycam footage of the exchange showed.
In the footage, which the Webster Police Department provided to local outlet WHAM-TV, she mentioned her position as district attorney several times, swore at the officer and called Webster Police Chief Dennis Kohlmeier on her cellphone, telling him: Can you please tell him [the officer at her home] to leave me alone?
After arriving at her home and exiting her car, Doorley, who could be seen standing inside of her garage, told the officer, Im sorry. Im the D.A. I was going 55 coming from work.
Pointing out the reason for the traffic stop, the officer, who was standing outside of the garage, told Doorley, 55 in a 35, and she responded, I dont really care.
https://people.com/da-fails-stop-speeding-ticket-swears-at-cop-8640069
keithbvadu2
(37,130 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,248 posts)NBachers
(17,207 posts)It looks like she's making a lame attempt at some token backpedaling, but I doubt anyone's in the mood to buy it.
Renew Deal
(81,923 posts)She deserves more than just a speeding ticket, and yes, she's unfit to serve as the DA.
John Shaft
(318 posts)Straw Man
(6,628 posts)I knew that you could.
Fla Dem
(23,948 posts)Oh, sorry she's White. Different procedures called for. Deference and respect.
republianmushroom
(13,996 posts)That old myth, "no one is above the law", just a myth.
LetMyPeopleVote
(146,202 posts)FHRRK
(563 posts)Funny how that happens.
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