This happened on Saturday evening August 24, 2014. FORNEY, TX (KTRK) -- Shocking new dash cam video shows a young mother being pulled over at gun point by police in Forney, Texas, all while her four little kids were in the car. Police admit they made a mistake but are refusing to apologize. Kametra Barbour says she was driving four children under the age of 10 home when she was suddenly stopped and surrounded by police. Officer: Driver let me see your hands everybody stick their hands out the window. Barbour: What is wrong? Officer: Ill tell you in a minute. Barbour was told to exit the vehicle with her hands above her head. Police then shackled them in cuffs right in front of her children. Barbour: What is wrong? My kids! Officer: How old are they? Barbour: Theyre six and eight and ten, nine. What are we doing? Officer: Hold on a second, okay? Barbour: What is going on? Oh my God, you will terrify my children. Officer: We got a complaint of a vehicle matching your description and your license plate, waving a gun out the window. The traffic stop was in response to a 911 caller who had told dispatch four black men were waiving a gun out the window of a beige- or tan-colored Toyota. The problem: Barbours car is a burgundy red Nissan Maxima. It wasnt until Barbours 6-year-old son, Ryan, came out of the car with his hands up too that police realized they had made a mistake. Officer 1: Do they look young to you? Officer 2: They do to me. Officer 1: Huh? Officer 2: They do to me. Officer 1: Yep, theyre young. Officer 1: Gun down, gun down, gun down! The officers then quickly went to work trying to calm down the now terrified children. Officer: Yall okay? Just yall in the car? Child: No im scared. Officer: Its okay. Child: No, are we going to jail? Officer: No. No one is going to jail. Child: (Scream, crying) Officer: Hey, stop crying. Its okay. Its okay. Everythings fine now. The police department defends the traffic stop saying the officers responded appropriately to what they believed was a dangerous situation For the nature of the call - that a weapon was involved - yes, said Detective Clay with the Forney Police Department told ABC affiliate WFAA.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:54:43 +0000
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