This is complete BS and the mayor is going to have get his Affirmative Action cretin Police Chief under control and make them start harassing criminals instead of soccer moms.
Posted on 10/17/2015 10:01:02 AM PDT by Altariel
Parents say police pass out citations each day despite limited parking
CUTLER BAY, Fla. - A mother was arrested Wednesday after she parked her car on the grass outside Dr. Edward L. Wingham Elementary School in Cutler Bay.
Rita Guzman, 25, was arrested on a charge of resisting an officer without violence after she refused to comply with a Miami-Dade police officer's orders, an arrest report said.
According to the report, Guzman was parked in an area that was marked "no parking or standing."
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Parents voice parking issue concerns after woman's arrest Guzman said she was scared to sleep at home Thursday night.
"I can't believe it's me in that video," Guzman said. "It just wasn't necessary."
She's wearing splints on both wrists for sprains and her arms are bruised after allegedly being yanked from her car by a Miami-Dade police officer outside the elementary school while waiting to pick up her daughter Wednesday afternoon.
"I was on the phone, distracted, and the officer asked me to move. I was fine with that, but I didn't know where. Then it escalated, and he was really aggressive with me," Guzman said.
She was handcuffed and spent the night in jail.
"I slept in a cell. I was treated like a criminal," Guzman said.
A Local 10 News viewer and parent, whose child attends the school, said police have been handing out citations to parents every day, although there is limited parking availability for parents.
The woman said road work is being done in the area, and construction vehicles have been allowed to park on the school's grass.
"There is not enough parking here," another parent, Alex Montes, said. "And they put a whole bunch of no parking signs that were not here last year. Now what they do is wait for the parents every morning and every afternoon to give us tickets."
"I wish they would come up with a solution to the problem. We don't know where to park," said parent Daissy Santiago.
For Guzman, the parking problem turned into her worst nightmare.
"I just want people around her to feel safe, and I'm at a point where I don't feel safe in my own community. I don't feel safe taking my daughter to school," Guzman said. "Now, I'm just scared, and I'm terrified."
According to police, Guzman asked the officer, "Why are you being nasty?" and refused to hand him her driver's license.
Cellphone video from another parent shows Guzman being pulled out of her car by the officer.
Raw Footage: Woman arrested outside Cutler Bay elementary school The report said Guzman began to "rotate her body away" from the officer as he attempted to handcuff her.
She was then taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Guzman's ex-husband, Dante Silverio, told Local 10 News that Guzman spent the night in jail and had to go to the hospital, because she was "bruised up."
This is complete BS and the mayor is going to have get his Affirmative Action cretin Police Chief under control and make them start harassing criminals instead of soccer moms.
The same was true for anyone who has ridden a bus to school in the last several decades.
You have your reasons, the next parent has their reasons, the result is what I described in my original post.
Thanks for pressing me on this - pictures told a little bit of a different story than the words did.
Yep, the common sense answer would be to provide a drop off pick up area with sufficient space for smooth traffic flow.
But it seems they care more about revenue than common sense.
Example #1: Police officer in a cruiser parked in a way that blocks a driveway in order to run a radar trap at the bottom of a hill. The owner of the home was written a ticket for having the audacity to tell the cop to move so the homeowner could get out!
Example #2: Police officer (different jurisdiction) parked on the wrong side of the street within 2 feet of the travelled portion of the road, once again running a radar trap at the bottom of a hill in a speed transition zone.
Example #3: Multiple police officers simultaneously parking their cruisers in a no stopping zone while on a break.
There are dozens more similar anecdotes that I and others can relate, but I think you get the drift.
The way I see it, those fellow citizens whom are entrusted with the enforcement of our laws are also beholden to them, and in fact should be more severely punished for breaching that trust when they abrogate their duties to the public. They should be MORE cognizant of any potential breach of any regulation they enforce.
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