Respecting Law Enforcement
Please meet Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop. He’s a Republican. He’s very much pro-life, except if you want to get drunk and mow people over.
Suellentrop was arrested at 4:00 a.m. yesterday driving around the capitol in Kansas. He’s accused of “driving under the influence, attempting to flee or evade a law enforcement officer, speeding and improperly crossing a divided highway.”
I love that, he sees flashing lights and immediately turns into every cheap movie car chase you’ve ever seen.
When it was time to line up for bail setting …
Shawnee County Judge Penny Moylan said she did not find probable cause to support Suellentrop’s arrest because of “failure to include pertinent information” in the arrest report.
That means the cop left off a zip code or something equally heinous.
I just wanna say, if he’d have been black, he’d be dead.
Drunk.
Speeding.
Moving violence.
Failure to obey police.
Fleeing police.
But yeah, the arresting officer made the mistake.
1I don’t automatically respect laws or police. They both have to show they EARNED respect. Slavery was LEGAL and I do not respect that. Arbitrary speed limits are law but I do not respect those either. I SHOW respect to cops cuz they have guns and attitude, but they have to earn real respect thru their actions.
2Maybe the cop failed to state the guy was Republican Majority Leader in the affidavit?
3Certainly a pertinent fact in Kansas judicial system, I expect.
I have never heard of a magistrate or first appearance judge rejecting an arrest affidavit. I’m sure it happens, but this is a first for me.
How lucky could this guy be & how much trouble is the cop in?
4according to the Topeka Capital-Journal https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/state/2021/03/16/top-kansas-senate-republican-arrested-dui-charges-tuesday-morning/4714886001/
he was first spotted *going the wrong way on the Interstate* which is usually a bad sign…
Also, I expect the failure of PC in the affidavit just keeps him from having to post bail; in most states the prosecutor can still bring a formal charge within one year so he’s not necessarily off the hook. But dang, going the wrong way on the Interstate is pretty much PC on a stick….
5Ten minutes going the wrong way on the Interstate should be enough to uphold an arrest affidavit. Along with the rest–drunk driving, fleeing arrest, etc–he should’ve been in jail for a good long time. Definitely, Black man in similar situation would be dead or at least beat up badly.
6This gives him, the police and the judge a really bad reputation. It’s just one more step to a Breonna Taylor-like crime that also gets poo pooed!
7I’d be very curious to see what the lack of probable cause was. Given that a broken tail light or improper land change is enough to get non-white drivers arrested or shot, this sounds like an IOKIYAR defense.
8Meanwhile another ‘patriot’ crossed state lines despite being identified as a threat and made it all the way from Texas to DeeCee. Meet Paul Murray, 31, of San Antonio, Texas.
9Meanwhile the inbred second amendment assholes in state legislatures and QOPs in Congress would demolish states rights to allow open carry across state lines.
The bias in local police and court systems is so obvious. This upstanding legislator gets basically a free pass likely because of his high profile far right reputation. He gets away with something no black citizen would.
10Here in the Portland area, a black City councilwoman was wrongly accused of a hit and run by police and the false report leaked to far right media/blogs and widely publicized. She’s been a critic of police actions against minorities which pissed off the police union. Turns out the leaker was the president of the police union and he resigned last night.
The sheriff in Georgia that reported to the press that the mass killer of mostly Asian Americans just had a “bad day” and wasn’t a hate crime. Turns out his (the sheriff’s) social media activity is highlighted by anti Asian posts with the same undertones that were made famous by one donald j trumpf.
The examples are numerous including those that participated in the Jan 6 insurrection.
No wonder the defund police movement started. I’m not a fan of that by the way, but I understand.
Steve @10, the mass murderer had a “bad day.” Who in the QOP will speak for his victims who are forever silenced?
Defund was probably a poor choice of words when the need is to divert funds from failed LE who cost cities $$$millions in settled suits in addition to their exorbitant budgets.
We can empathize with the roles LE who have been extended well beyond their areas of expertise. So let’s spend funds where best applied to relieve their stress. The QOP whack jobs are going nuts over a proposed CA measure to exclude what jobs from LE.
11I’m getting a sense that the center of the country may be pretty tolerant of actions by Republican politicians. Texas, Kansas, and South Dakota have current “exceptional” justice for elected Republicans. I’ve not been keeping up: are there equivalents in Oklahoma, Nebraska, and North Dakota, to make a full Red slash of “justice” from south to north across the United States?
12Jane and PKM- agree with everything you said. Defund police was a bad choice of words, but understand the feelings that led to that movement. Allocating funds to those that could actually help people from the police departments is what needs to happen. What ever happened to the label of “peace officers”.
13There’s a strong need to get rid of police personnel that can’t separate their personal biases from the police departments around the country. Just having biases should be a grounds for not hiring or terminating in my opinion.
Corrupt politician, corrupt judge. They took his blood for analysis so now we wait to see if the district attorney’s office is corrupt too.
14Actually, it ain’t over yet … at least until the fat Majority Leader sings.
https://www.ksnt.com/news/dui-case-against-kansas-senate-majority-leader-gene-suellentrop-not-closed-blood-samples-taken/
Since NCAA March Madness kicks off this week, Suellentrop’s lawyer might argus that his only foul was “traveling.”
15Shawnee County Judge Penny Moylan said she did not find probable cause to support Suellentrop’s arrest because of “failure to include pertinent information” in the arrest report.
Gene didn`t want to let his wife know he had visited his girl-friend .
16Jim @ 16 You might be right about the girlfriend.
All the posts about this being a Republican or red state thing are wrong.
My cousin used to be married to a Chicago cop and we talked some about political corruption. He could tell you tales.
Said if he wrote a ticket to a judge he’d be walking a beat on the Southside (he was white) for the rest of his career.
All Democrats there.
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