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To: Bill who wrote (13892)	5/21/2001 1:23:10 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

I would be glad to have you find language in the opinion that undermines my understanding of it. I didn't want to believe at first that that's what it said, either. But to my reading, that's what it says.

To: Bill who wrote (13892)	5/21/2001 1:47:05 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

2 ATWATER v. LAGO VISTA Opinion of the Court Vista police officer at the time, observed the seatbelt violations and pulled Atwater over. According to Atwater’ s complaint (the allegations of which we assume to be true for present purposes), Turek approached the truck and “yell[ed]” something to the effect of “[w]e’ ve met before” and “[y]ou’ re going to jail.” App. 20. 1 He then called for backup and asked to see Atwater’ s driver’ s license and insurance documentation, which state law required her to carry. Tex. Tran. Code Ann. §§521.025, 601.053 (1999). When Atwater told Turek that she did not have the papers because her purse had been stolen the day before, Turek said that he had “heard that story two-hundred times.” App. 21. Atwater asked to take her “frightened, upset, and cry-ing” children to a friend’ s house nearby, but Turek told her, “[y]ou’ re not going anywhere.” Ibid. As it turned out, Atwater’ s friend learned what was going on and soon arrived to take charge of the children. Turek then hand-cuffed Atwater, placed her in his squad car, and drove her to the local police station, where booking officers had her remove her shoes, jewelry, and eyeglasses, and empty her pockets. Officers took Atwater’ s “mug shot” and placed her, alone, in a jail cell for about one hour, after which she was taken before a magistrate and released on $310 bond. Atwater was charged with driving without her seatbelt fastened, failing to secure her children in seatbelts, driv-ing without a license, and failing to provide proof of insur-ance. She ultimately pleaded no contest to the misde-meanor seatbelt offenses and paid a $50 fine; the other charges were dismissed. —————— 1 Turek had previously stopped Atwater for what he had thought was a seatbelt violation, but had realized that Atwater’ s son, although seated on the vehicle’ s armrest, was in fact belted in. Atwater ac-knowledged that her son’ s seating position was unsafe, and Turek issued a verbal warning. See Record 379. Souter said all 50 states effectively allow these arrests even if they do not make it a policy.