Hawthorne woman could get 5 years if convicted in texting-while-driving case

contracostatimes.com ^ | 04/05/2012 | Larry Altman

[MNDude]

Shawndeeia ?

[Lucky2]

She’s one of the peeps in Maxine Water’s district. Enough said.

[submarinerswife]

Shawndeeia Joann Bowen, 29

Bowen, who has six children

Bowen was wearing one false eyelash and pink children's elastic underwear on her head

Doesn't it make you all feel warm and fuzzy that your tax dollars are going towards this whacked out slob's cell phone & texting bill?

[webheart]

It sure didn’t take long for the racist media to produce a litany of previous offenses for this poor underpriveleged African-American woman, who obviously couldn’t afford seat belts or windshields. (/s?)

[cableguymn]

I HIGHLY doubt you would get 5 years for texting and driving.

just driving with a kid in your lap.. 5 is a light sentence.

[cableguymn]

No wonder no mention of her race.

[submarinerswife]

[Krankor]

The truly frightening thing- there were actually six men who were willing to have sex with this...um...woman. Even more frightening: it looks like she’s about ready to pop out another one.

[submarinerswife]

It gets better for this Mother of the Year contender. The reason the 1yr old baby was on her lap while she was driving and texting at the same time, and not in her car seat, according to police :

The seat's buckle was caked with chocolate that appeared to have accumulated over time, D'anjou said

"That buckle has been inoperable for some period of time," D'anjou said. "It never could be buckled because it had so much chocolate gunked up. It looks like caked on."

[VeniVidiVici]

A Hawthorne woman allegedly texting and driving with her infant daughter in her lap through Torrance

She needed to. Her airbag was broken.

[Krankor]

http://splicd.com/pZi2og1YQJA/4/8

[submarinerswife]

That was creepy.

[TigersEye]

"When they stopped her, she had something on her head," Torrance police Lt. Stephen D'anjou said. "They thought it was a hat. When they investigated further they noticed it was her children's underwear."

The police may differ but Shawndeeia still thinks it's a hat.

[ExGeeEye]

Am I alone in my belief that traffic stops should only follow an act that overtly affects the movement of the vehicle; that drivers who stay in their lanes and obey traffic rules should remain unmolested regardless of whatever else they may be doing?

[ExGeeEye]

On reading the article I see that this individual was driving with a child on her lap. As this would inhibit access to the vehicle’s controls by the driver, and permit access to the controls by another, this would IMO necessitate a stop.

The driver’s prior driving record, condition of makeup (fake eyelashes) or other clothing (underwear hat) would not, and the latter two items are not cause for any LEO interference whatsoever.

YMMV.

[TigersEye]

Interference? No. But what about gales of uproarious laughter? If anything the police should be cited for not posting a video on Youtube!

[Kickass Conservative]

I didn't know they made Moochel Boob Belts for Pregnant Women. She is Pregnant in that picture, right?

Six kids huh? Are all the Father's Blind?

[Looking4Truth]

The truly frightening thing- there were actually six men who were willing to have sex with this...um...woman. Even more frightening: it looks like she’s about ready to pop out another one.

"Don't be hatin' 'yo! Yo betta not be dissin' my beyotch!"/s

Yeah, I'm gonna respect a useless eater that has done nothing in life but pop out future inmates and sit on her ass getting fat on my tax dollars. Sickening!

Based on anecdotal observations the 'hood rats' will do it with any female with a heartbeat, no matter how fat and gross. Sickening again!

[JudyinCanada]

I believe she was stopped for texting while driving. That’s illegal up here, assume it’s the same in the USA.

Motherhood certainly has come a long way from June Cleaver.

Poor little kids - they don’t stand a chance, through no fault of their own.