Residents claimed traffic stop was based on religion

[Dems4HowardDean]

Thursday, August 25 | Upstate South Carolina News, Sports and Information

Greer chief says officers cleared
Residents claimed traffic stop was based on religion

Posted Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 6:00 am


By Nan Lundeen
STAFF WRITER
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GREER -- A Greer Police Department investigation into a June 10 traffic stop has cleared both officers, according to police Chief Dan Reynolds.

A woman, one of two people stopped by police, complained that she and her husband were stopped because they had a Druid bumper sticker on their car.

The American Civil Liberties Union has claimed the stop violated the couple's constitutional rights.

The passenger, Debra Jan Gainey, filed a complaint with police saying that a reserve officer inappropriately spoke to her about his Christian religion during the stop and later in a letter.
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[chaska]

1. Yep, that's my home state. I'm so proud...

NOT.

The fundies can have the place. I'm never going back.

[Dems4HowardDean]

8. yep I hope I'm able to move soon.

How do you like Los Angeles?

[DURHAM D]

2. I would bet we don't have 15 cops in the entire country who

know what the bumper sticker means. The officer probably asked the passenger what a druid is and then is "required to witness" by his religion.

[Ian David]

3. They wouldn't have been stopped if it was a Magic-User, Fighter, or Cleric

I guess they failed their saving-throw vs Evangelism.



See also:

Pagan student settles case against Tennessee district
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=14328

Wiccan Puts Faith in the Court System
http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-na-wiccan26dec26,1,5078689.story?coll=la-news-religion

Pagan group gets the boot in Hannibal
Wiccans settle on Columbia after hotel pulls reservation.
http://www.showmenews.com/2005/Feb/20050203News007.asp

Court says Wiccans must pay taxes, too
Cooperative sought sales-tax exemption
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/11095402.htm

Appeals Court Rules Against Wiccan in Va.
Friday April 15, 2005 3:31 AM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4938781,00.html

Judge: Parents can't teach pagan beliefs
Father appeals order in divorce decree that prevents couple from exposing son to
Wicca.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050526/NEWS01/505260481

Court upholds inmates' religious rights law
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050531/pl_nm/court_prison_religion_dc_1

Wiccan Wants Town to Pay Her Legal Bills
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5210650,00.html

[One_Life_To_Give]

4. Suspended licence, no insurance, incorrect tag

But the stop was about religion. :sarcasm:

No one should have to put up with being "Preached Religion" during a traffic stop. Or any time you are a captive audience. But sometimes cops pull people over for failure to comply with the law.

[Ian David]

5. oops. Self-delete

[jmowreader]

6. There's something strange at the end of the article

Sez Debra Jan was ticketed for "allowing an unauthorized driver."

Apparently, they pulled these people over supposedly because of their druid bumper sticker (or, probably more accurately, because the reserve officer ran the plate through the car's computer while they were following this guy, it came up "pull driver over" and the rollers went on), ticketed the driver for three things, then ticketed the passenger for "allowing" him to drive.

Sounds like a revenue enhancer to me.

[Ian David]

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