NFL player Zach Thomas’ wife, Maritza Thomas, must have had a deja vu moment when she saw the story of Texans RB Ryan Moats and the abuse he took on his way to see his dying mother-in-law. That’s because the same cop that stopped Moats once jailed her for three hours and issued five tickets for an illegal U-turn.
(Artist’s rendering of Zach Thomas’ reaction to his wife’s jailing)
The heinous acts (besides the U-turn) that caused five tickets to be issued last July included an incorrect address on a driver’s license and missing a registration sticker on her windshield. For this, she spent approximately five hours in police custody and then had four of the citations waived in court.
Thomas’ lawyer claims no one should ever be jailed for the listed charges and Officer Robert Powell’s lawyer suggests that people get arrested all the time for multiple traffic charges, so this shouldn’t be blown up at all. We can’t decipher the correct statement(s), but we know we’re checking our glove box for all proper registration before we enter the Dallas city limits. Or, you know, driving around.
Also, we’ll understand why we can’t find any DVDs of Sheriff John Bunnell’s oeuvre; Officer Powell bought them all up for his collection.
2:30 pm on March 29th, 2009
actually more people should be jailed because they have not had their cars inspected, have false info on their i.d. or fake i.d's(unlesse your in college and trying to nail some broad who is married to zach thomas.)
on a serious note, people do get jailed all the time because of traffic violations or will have the car towed. this broad is rich, there is no excuse for to be on the road while being so irresponsible. lol.
2:49 pm on March 30th, 2009
this moats story just makes me think of the noakland cops who were killed….being a cop is a tough job
5:26 pm on March 30th, 2009
It is unfortunate, but the motivating force for most men (and possibly women as well) to become police officers is the opportunity to wield power over others, not to actually help people. Its a great gig if you got pushed around in school or are just an angry vengeful person… This is not to say all cops are this way, but serving the public's interest is not the primary goal of many policemen. Clearly, this officer has some serious issues, but he is far from extraordinary… He just happened to pick the wrong people to offer his 'standard treatment' to.
6:05 pm on March 30th, 2009
Damn I feel so safe with cops like this. Now I see why we have been keeping the narco-cartels out of the U.S. and crime and murders down in our cities. Great job ocifer! (misspelling meant).