I literally drove past this incident after it happened, just moved to the woodlands from Chicago that day. Good to see the boys in blue still being as reputable and trustworthy as ever.
The driver was originally accused of seriously injuring that Montgomery County Precinct 2 Constable’s Office investigator who was directing traffic at the Ironman North American Championship in The Woodlands last weekend.
Dashcam video from another driver’s car showed Investigator Toby McLaughlin, a 40-year veteran with the Montgomery County Precinct 2 Constable’s Office, kicking the man’s vehicle as he passed by and hurting his own leg.
So did the “investigator” not know that he had caused the injury by his own actions? If so, that’s sad. If he did know, and let the guy sit in jail with $30,000 bond, then that’s a problem.
The driver heads west on S. Millbend Dr. in a white Honda Civic, ignoring McLaughlin’s signal to stay put.
And here’s the win for the driver: The video shows his car never hit the constable, and it also shows McLaughlin kicks the car and then falls to the ground.
Terribly written article, should have been mentioned right there. They talk about the fine after they talk about ring doorbells….
Constables are not cops, in general. IDK how exactly it works in Texas and it looks like it's actually more similar than it usually is, but as a general rule in practice, constables are sort of the "civil matter" version of police (who are chiefly for criminal matters) -- they serve evictions and summonses, child support warrants, traffic detail like in this case, that kind of thing.
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