Charlea Cooper thinks the officers racially profiled her.
The exchange during a traffic stop in Allen around 9 p.m. on March 6 was seemingly pleasant and non-confrontational. Cooper, 31, knew she had been driving on expired tags for a few months. Her car needed an inspection she’d been putting off. The then-Dallas resident was ready to accept her impending consequence. She’d take her ticket and carry on.Arrests for expired tags happened in less than 0.
Charlea Cooper was arrested by an Allen police officer in March for driving with expired registration. Then, Cooper told Robbins she felt nervous. He told her he didn’t know why she felt that way. Cooper pleaded for an explanation — this was just a traffic stop, she said. From July 12, 2022, through July 18, 2023, a total of 96 arrests were made for expired tags statewide, according to the Highway Safety Operation Center for the Texas Department of Public Safety. A representative from Texas DPS noted the arrests could be because the original violation turned into a warrant or it was associated with other charges.
A Black woman, Cooper believes her arrest for expired registration was racially motivated. Maness, Public Information Officer for Allen Police, said the officers were patient with her until they had to escalate. “, she was definitely profiled and then once you get profiled, if you don’t do exactly what they tell you to do, at the very least it’s going to result in you being arrested,” Henderson told" … If you get stopped by the police, I would make the argument that you actually have a legal responsibility to ask why you’ve been stopped … Most officers are going to get mad. They’re probably going to arrest you just for asking that, but it’s a valid question to ask.
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