Terroristic Incidents
October 28, 2013 New Mexico police fired into a minivan carrying five children 6-18 and their mother Oriana Ferrell after the woman fled a routine speeding traffic stop after she was asked whether she wanted to pay the $126 ticket or contest it. She argued and then sped off before pulling over again. Then Ferrell refused to exit the vehicle, and the 14-year-old son got out and confronted the officer who drew his Taser. After more police arrived, she got out but got back in as another officer smashed out a passenger side window. She fled again, leading the officers on another high-speed chase before stopping and surrendering. Ferrell and the son were arrested, and she was charged with intentional abuse of a child, aggravated fleeing of a law enforcement officer and possession of drug paraphernalia misdemeanor after police said they found two marijuana pipes in the minivan.. Ferrell's lawyer said that Ferrell feared for the safety of her children, and the judge criticized the police, saying “We ought to talk about the stupidity and recklessness of shooting at a car that has five children in it.”
Resembles Miriam Carey's decision to drive her car through a hail of bullets in Washington DC with her baby in the back seat rather than follow police orders after she ran over a cop trying to find a gap in a car barriers at the White House and Capitol building.
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Transcript for Mom Behind Minivan Cop Drama Speaks Out
Now, to new details of the shocking video of police firing on a minivan full of children, after the mother took off, following a routine traffic stop. This morning, the mother is speaking out for the first time. And abc's ryan owens has her story.
Get out of the vehicle. Get out of the vehicle, right now. Reporter: The mother in this minivan, repeatedly pled from new mexico police.
Leading them on a high-speed case. Open the door. Open the door.
Reporter: Even after they busted out her window and fired shots at a minivan full of children. This morning, for the first time, the 39-year-old said she did it all to protect her children. In a letter to the newspaper "the taos news," she writes, a uniformed officer can shoot three bullets at my van and be considered to be doing his job.
But my doing what I can to get my own children away from such a terrifying individual has been termed child abuse and endangerment. She wrote the letter last month, as she sat in jail, charged with child abuse and fleeing from police. She's now out on bail, her attorney refuses to comment.
Her 14-year-old son, seen here scuffling with one of the officers, is also charged with battery. The actions of the officers involved are under investigation. But they have not been charged.
She calls that, injustice at its best. It's real simple. Reporter: She has a video blog, giving advice to parents.
And in her letter, she writes, most consider her a model parent. She writes, she was just a tourist from tennessee, who brought her family to see new mexico's natural beauty. Her trip will last a lot longer than planned.
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Several New Mexico State Police officers are under investigation after at least one of them fired shots at a minivan full of children last month.
According to KRQE, an officer pulled over Oriana Ferrell in Taos for going 71 mph in a 55 mph zone on Oct. 28. Ferrell had brought her five children from Tennessee on an educational trip.
Dashcam footage obtained by KRQE late last week shows Ferrell and the officer arguing over the ticket before she drives off. The officer chases the mother down and pulls her over again.The second traffic stop eventually escalates into a struggle, with the officer trying to pull the African-American mother out of the vehicle and her 14-year-old son getting out to defend his mom. But the boy returns to the minivan after the officer aims a Taser at him.
Ferrell was fleeing from the officer because she feared for the safety of her children. She was flat-out scared that something was going to happen to her children,” he said. “We ought to talk about the stupidity and recklessness of shooting at a car that has five children in it.”
David Edwards has served as an editor at Raw Story since 2006. His work can also be found at Crooks & Liars, and he's also been published at The BRAD BLOG.
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