Posted on 12/26/2005 5:32:17 AM PST by 2dogjoe
Longoria denies racial slurs in cop confrontation
Web Posted: 12/26/2005 12:00 AM CST Sheila Hotchkin Express-News Staff Writer
San Antonio's own celebrity couple, Spurs guard Tony Parker and "Desperate Housewives" actress Eva Longoria, ran afoul of the law early Christmas Eve, when a police officer said they hurled insults and profanities after he told them to move their car.
San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker actress Eva Longoria stand on the sidelines as the New Orleans Saints host the Buffalo Bills in the Saints' first game at the Alamodomein October.
PLAY-BY-PLAY THE ANGRY WORDS: According to police, Eva Longoria said: 'He's just a Mexican bike cop. He only wants your autograph.'
THE REBUTTAL: Through her publicist, Longoria said: 'It's a shame that one officer conducted himself in such an inappropriate and disorderly manner. I never made any sort of racial slurs, let alone made any comments about the officer being Mexican, as a Mexican myself.'
The officer issued citations to Parker for impeding traffic and failing to produce a valid Texas driver's license.
Longoria, whom the police report quoted as telling the officer, "Well, (expletive) you then," was not cited.
According to the report, she also told the officer he had an ego problem. The officer said he told Longoria he had no intention of getting into a shouting match with her.
Through her publicist, Longoria called the police report "highly inaccurate" and said she and Parker "respect and love the community and the San Antonio Police Department."
The incident occurred early Saturday, about 12:45 a.m., hours after the Spurs defeated the Toronto Raptors 95-90 at the SBC Center.
According to the police report, Parker was behind the wheel of a car stopped in the 200 block of East Houston Street, where it was impeding traffic.
A bicycle officer used a flashlight to indicate that Parker needed to move along. When the car didn't move, the officer approached and rapped the hood with the palm of his hand.
Parker and Longoria "began screaming in a verbally abusive and demeaning manner," police said, and Parker questioned why the officer touched the car.
Then the officer asked Parker for his driver's license. At that point, according to the police report, Parker instead began to drive away and nearly hit a man standing several feet in front of his car.
Police ordered Parker to turn off the ignition and step out of the car. The officer who wrote up the citations said Longoria then shouted out the passenger window: "He's just a Mexican bike cop. He only wants your autograph."
The officer also said that, while he was writing the citations, Parker complained: "This is all the cops do, just mess with people."
During the traffic stop, Parker displayed what he identified as a French driver's license. The officer issued the second citation after a records check showed Parker has a current Texas driver's license, which he did not present.
Police didn't take action against Longoria despite the comments they say she made. Police spokesman Joe Rios said officers are accustomed to hearing all kinds of remarks in the course of their jobs, and they typically would not cite someone for disorderly conduct unless a bystander was offended by what was said or done.
Officers "didn't want to prolong the situation," Rios said. "Had other people heard and been offended by what she said, they would have taken action."
Longoria's publicist Liza Anderson said, "I believe the couple will be pressing charges in conjunction with this incident. They are intent on setting the record straight. Both Tony and Eva are law-abiding and respectful citizens of the community."
Through her publicist, Longoria said, "It's a shame that one officer conducted himself in such an inappropriate and disorderly manner. I never made any sort of racial slurs, let alone made any comments about the officer being Mexican, as a Mexican myself."
After the Christmas Day loss in Detroit, a Spurs team spokesman declined to comment on the incident involving Parker and Longoria.
Longoria, a Corpus Christi native who has made San Antonio a second home, rose to stardom with her role as the scheming Gabrielle Solis in ABC's hit show "Desperate Housewives."
In the past year, she received a Golden Globe nomination and was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People."
Longoria and Parker, the Spurs starting point guard, began dating about a year ago.
The actress was a courtside fixture during the Spurs championship run and was present for Sunday's game in Detroit.
shotchkin@express-news.net
Maybe she was just "role playing"...what a jerk!
It's now more popular to be a 'mexican' than an American.
Beat me to it. I was thinking that if she and the cop were both Mexican than maybe Michuacan would be the place for them to be.
San Antonio is too nice to just let the "Mexicans" turn it into another Old Laredo or Tijuana. Americans, OTH, may be able to keep the place up and enjoy it a little instead of sending it straight to $#!+hole, third world status.
But, you beat me to it...
Does anyone here doubt what would happen if I (or any of the 'little people') dared to tell a cop to go **** himself?
I'm pretty sure we would have a far more unpleasant night that this dirty whore did.
Oh well.
I dont know what is wrong with these cops who cant recognise a celebrity when they see one. Dont they realise that celebrities have special privileges that the "little people" dont have?
It's tought to ever get to the real picture in a situation like this but one must give the edge to the police here.
And the idea that this little ferret would get out of control and act like a jerk is a little too believeable.
My mother was Hispanic, an immigrant living in Sherman, Texas back in 1963. My father was an Anglo, who took off when he found out she was pregnant. So, an immigrant mother, and an Anglo father - that makes me...well, I'll be blunt. I'm an American. Not Mexican-American, not Hispanic-American. A non-hyphenated American, plain and simple. These people who make it a point of pride to have a hyphen in front of the word American really tick me off.
Trying to pass himself off as Lance Armstrong?
If they really were respectful citizens, I doubt they'd be filing charges over this incident. On the other hand, the officer did dare to touch Tony's car.
Hang him.
That's the stoopidest excuse I've heard. White people call each other rednecks or white trash, blacks call each other n*ggers, queers call others fags and bitches. If I could understand mexicans I'm sure they are calling each other greasers and beaners. Being of a race doesn't mean you don't look down on others from same.
You'll note she didn't say mexican-American - just mexican.
Where does the race part come into play here? Mexican is a nationality.
No, because Parker is a French citizen, born and raised there.
I've never been impressed with Eva Longoria as an actress or human being-she has made some remarks about conservatives that made her sh!it in my eyes.
Then she made an ethnic slur and where's the denial for that?
My money is on the police officer.
Is calling someone a Mexican a slur?
The couple behaved badly, deserved the tickets they got, but for the story to be hyped as a racial incident is way off base.
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