Our client was waiting in a left turn lane facing southbound waiting for oncoming traffic to pass. No oncoming vehicle had their turn signal on. The last car the client was waiting for happened to be a police officer. This police vehicle did not have its right turn signal on. Based on this, our client made his turn anticipating the police vehicle would maintain its current speed. However, the police officer did make a right turn on to the side road our client was also waiting to turn on to. Both drivers hesitated and the police officer made its right turn with the client following behind. No other traffic was affected. In the police report the officer alleged that our client failed to yield, that her turn signal was on, and that she was forced to “slam on the breaks” to avoid a collision with our client. Fortunately, our client had a dash cam installed in his car which contradicted these allegations. After being pulled over our clients concerns for the reason for the stop were ignored and his concerns for a language barrier were also ignored as Spanish is our clients first language. Our client was also subjected to the police officer blasting at full volume “Locked up” by Akon while our client was in the back of the police car begging for an explanation.
Our firm expressed our concerns for the basis for the stop and the issues within the case to the State. The State dropped the DUI charge along with the six accompanying traffic tickets.