Hello all…I will make this long story short with as much detail as I can..
We (my husband, myself & our 3 boys..our daughter is back home CA…in college) just moved to a little town in TX on Jan 21, 2001. we came here with the clothes on our back and what little we had left after losing everything we worked hard to get for the 20 years we have been together.. My husband n I were homeless for four months .. our boys went to stay with my bother n his family during this time.. The worst 4 months of my life.. we missed our boys terribly.. my husband kept his promise to me to get us to our kids ASAP.. as soon as we arrived in TX my husband found work within the first week we got here.. and hasnt stopped.. hes a hard worker and works long hours.. Our time with my husband is limited because he pours all his time to work due to the fear of our situation ever happening again..
but this is not why I am asking for help…
I’m asking for financial help to MAINTAIN MY FREEDOM & FIGHT FOR MY CIVIL RIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN VIOLATED.,,
Dec 18th, 2021..
I gave my friend a ride to the store as I needed to go to the store also.. my 2 boys stayed home & husband was still @ work..
I was pulled over for an alleged traffic violation which turned into illegal search of my vehicle.
*per officer, I was pulled over for STOPPING PASSED the STOP SIGN line*asked me if they could search my vehicle.. I said no.. He had no probable cause to search and he didnt give me a reason for wanting to search
*told me to get out of the vehicle without telling me why i was being told to get out of my vehicle.. had me stand in the cold for what seemed like forever ..then they asked to search my person.. i refused as there were 5-6 male officers and no female on duty, per cop..
*eventually told me they called K9unit and if the dog alerted the officers that would be probable cause to search the vehicle and myself
*dog alerted …Immediately Somebody else’s went to search my vehicle for drugs a couple of them searched me Although I asked for a female officer repeatedly
*Officer made me feel uncomfortable When searching He lifted my shirt And told me to pull my bra away from myself to make sure there was nothing hiding
*repeatedly called me a LIAR
*at one point took me to the back of the police car where there were 2 officers standing back there..while in the middle of questioning me another officer, whom was standing right next to me when the first cop illegally searched me.. the officer told me to pull my bra away from myself .. told him i already did this.. he told me to do it anyway
*vehicle was searched for around 40 minutes.. NO DRUGS were found
*dog scratched up my vehicle.. officers detroyed the inside of my car,, front fender coming apart & they had my car towed
*on my citation (that they gave me at the jail) they put the wrong street name that i got pulled over
***and even though drugs were not found I was arrested anyway
I was arrested and taken to jail for having SYNTHETIC URINE in my vehicle
The way those offcers carried themselves.. made me feel uneasy and scared..
*arrived at the jail & there was a FEMALE officer there.
* one of the cops took my phone home all night until he was on duty again n I had to go to police station to get it from him
Please read through and notice all the things these officers did wrong.. I hope that I was able to put down in words the scene from 12/18/21 clearly enough to know that my civil rights have been violated and I should have never been searched, myself or my vehicle and I should have never been arrested..
We had to use the Christmas money that was for our kids to post my bail & to get vehicle out of tow yard.. and now if I want my freedom and my record clean I have to pay $4000 for a lawyer to fight for me and my family. $4000 that we don’t have.
PLEASE HELP.. I am running out of time.. PLEASE HELP KEEP MY FAMILY TOGETHER. PLEASE HELP KEEP US FROM BEING HOMELESS AGAIN. WE got ourselves out of homelessness after only 4 months on our own.. We did not get the rental and the little that we obtained this passed year handed to us .. n we will continue to work everyday to bring us back above water.. but right now we are just getting by.. I see no other way to pay for a lawyer than to ask for others to PLEASE help us.
SINCERELY KG