ACLU sues State Police over videotape of traffic stop

[Soldier4Christ]

ACLU sues State Police over videotape of traffic stop

The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the State Police seeking the release of a videotape that shows a traffic stop involving illegal immigrants.

The videotape shows the first five minutes of a 70-minute stop on Interstate 95 in July by a trooper who pulled over a van with 14 Guatemalan immigrants after the driver failed to use a turn signal.

Trooper Thomas Chabot detained the 14 people and brought them to Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Providence, where they now face deportation. An internal investigation reported that Chabot acted appropriately.

The ACLU and civil-rights organizations raised concerns of racial profiling, and pushed for release of the videotape and copies of the department's policies governing enforcement procedures.

State Police refused to release a copy of the tape to the ACLU and The Providence Journal, the newspaper reported Saturday.

The ACLU, in a statement, said there are questions, including "why the trooper, who was on speed radar patrol, chose to leave his post to pull over the driver of this particular vehicle, whose only infraction was failing to use a turn signal, not speeding."

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Stopping someone for failure to use a turn signal is racial profiling?

[Brother Jerry]

There goes some taxpayer money.

The cops are doing their jobs and now the ACLU wants to complain about that.  Just because he was on speed patrol does not mean that he ignores all other infractions of the law.  If he were sitting there and someone robbed someone in front of him do you not think he should come to the aide of that person?  Get real ACLU