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professor charged with falsely claiming racial profiling during traffic stop

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http://foxct.com/2015/07/31/dash-ca...laiming-racial-profiling-during-traffic-stop/

WETHERSFIELD–A professor at a local community college has been arrested after allegedly claiming an officer racially profiled her, when he didn’t.

On May 9, Minati Roychoudhuri, 32, of Storrs, was driving near exit 85 on Route 15 when she was pulled over. She was cited for failure to drive in the established lane.

A month later, on June 8, she sent the following letter to the Commissioner of Public Safety:

Dear Sir/Madam

I was traveling to Wethersfield on Route 15/5 to attend a meeting 9th May. I was on the left lane on route 15 and had to take exit 85. After the Brainard Airport exit, and after the merging lane ended, I signaled and went to the right lane to take exit 85. An unmarked police car with flashing light stopped me on the ramp after I had taken the exit. The policeman asked me if I could speak English and if I knew why he had stopped me. I said, “yes” to speaking English and “no” to why he had stopped me. He then asked me for my driver’s license and registration. He returned with an envelope and said that I could simply mail in the infraction.

The officer did not give me any reason as to why had stopped me. His asking if I could speak English shows that he had racially profiled me and was not able to give me a concrete reason for stopping me. Further, the officer had checked “Hispanic” in the race category in the infraction ticket. I am a Professor in English at Capital Community College, I teach about diversity and the negative impact of racial profiling, I have now become a target of the same insidious behavior! It is easy to connect the dots with the nationwide racial profiling which has led to serious consequences. I request that my infraction charges be dropped and action be taken against the officer. I have talked with the Senator and Legislator of my constituency regarding this matter and I am sending a copy of this letter to them as well.

Thank you in advance, Sincerely, Minati Roychoudhuri

Most State Police cruisers, including the one that stopped Roychoudhuri, have video and audio recorders to record all motor vehicle stops and other interactions.

Here is a transcript of the conversation between Roychoudhuri and the officer:

Officer: Hi ma’am, do you know why I’m stopping you today?
Roychoudhuri: No
O: OK. There’s that big gore area with white lines painted across it and you cut in front of it, in front of me, thinking it’s a lane or something. You have to wait until it’s a dotted white line. License and registration.
(She handed him insurance, so he requested the registration again, which she gave him)
O: Thank you. This is for your Subaru car.
R: This is my Subaru car.
O: Is this a station wagon, color green? The plate doesn’t match what’s on there.
R: [Inaudible]…I thought that was my [inaudible]
O: I’ll run the plate and see what it comes back with.
R: This is the [inaudible] that I have.
(Officer returns to his car for three minutes to write out the ticket for failure to drive in the established lane)
O: Ma’am. So I wrote you the infraction for that improper lane change that you did.
R: Please, you know, I probably crossed over there, and that’s why I did it.
O: OK.
R: Obviously I did that.
O: [Inaudible]
R: My [inaudible] is absolutely clean.
O: Ok. So I wrote you an infraction for that improper lane change that you did.
R: OK.
O: The answer date is on the front of it and the instructions are on the back of it.
R: Wait, what?
O: It’s a mail in infraction. All you have to do is mail in, either a check or money order, and mail it in.
R: OK.
O: Alright.
R: Thank you.

The Internal Affairs investigation reviewed that audio, and concluded the officer never asked Roychoudhuri if she spoke English and that he clearly explained to Roychoudhuri why she was pulled over, to the point that she offers an explanation as to why she made the improper turn.

When interviewed in person in regards to her letter on June 15, Roychoudhuri repeated the same claims of racial profiling and that the officer did not explain why she was stopped, and then she signed a statement that it is a crime for her to make any claims that she doesn’t believe to be true in an effort to mislead a public servant.

At the interview, Roychoudhuri also said to the investigator she hates to think she was stopped due to her race, “But what should I presume? I hate to say this in academia, but I’m in academia and teach about diversity all the time.”

Roychoudhuri was subsequently arrested for giving a false statement in the second degree.
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#1 GlenDice, Aug 1, 2015

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**** like this infuriates me. Liberals are now lying so they can live their fantasy where cops are racially abusing them, so they can feel good inside.

#2 GlenDice, Aug 1, 2015
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apologists in 3...2....

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So one dumbass making false claims, so everyone must be lying?

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Mr.Scarface said: ↑

So one dumbass making false claims, so everyone must be lying?
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#5 GlenDice, Aug 2, 2015
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GlenDice said: ↑

**** like this infuriates me. Liberals are now lying so they can live their fantasy where cops are racially abusing them, so they can feel good inside.
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We need to get on top of this widespread criminality ASAP. Obama has brought us to this point in America, race relations were just fine until this racist got ejected. You tell'em, Glen.

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GlenDice said: ↑

**** like this infuriates me. Liberals are now lying so they can live their fantasy where cops are racially abusing them, so they can feel good inside.
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You seem to live in a fantasy world where all cops are conservatives and everyone who ever lies to them is a liberal. You're trying to project sports fandom and comic book morality onto meaningful and complex ideologies crafted over 250 years of philosophical and legal discourse, and mark your scorecard based on who gets beat up or arrested.

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pouhe said: ↑

You seem to live in a fantasy world where all cops are conservatives and everyone who ever lies to them is a liberal. You're trying to project sports fandom and comic book morality onto meaningful and complex ideologies crafted over 250 years of philosophical and legal discourse, and mark your scorecard based on who gets beat up or arrested.
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This.

The woman was caught and will face the reprecussions accordingly.

Will it be a huge media story? Probably not, but it will have little to do with left versus right and more to do with the current climate of America. Also no one was short or killed and no real group to protest against.

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Now this is funny... A immigrant screaming racial profiling because her driving sucks.

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Now this is funny... A immigrant screaming racial profiling because her driving sucks.
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Where did you get the idea she is an immigrant?

I don't think this thread went the way GlenDice thought it would.

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Where did you get the idea she is an immigrant?
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She has a name from a foreign culture, she wears attire that's from a foreign culture, and she's a bad driver... I racially profiled her.

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She has a name from a foreign culture, she wears attire that's from a foreign culture, and she's a bad driver... I racially profiled her.
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Well, at least your ignorance is not hidden.

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Major said: ↑

Where did you get the idea she is an immigrant?

I don't think this thread went the way GlenDice thought it would.
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I knew exactly how this thread would go. People would dismiss it can call it an isolated incident. I'm sorry, but this lady is a perfect example of liberal mindset. I can't take any of them seriously.

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CometsWin said: ↑

We need to get on top of this widespread criminality ASAP. Obama has brought us to this point in America, race relations were just fine until this racist got ejected. You tell'em, Glen.
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You seem to miss the point. This women WANTED to be racially profiled.

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Major said: ↑

Well, at least your ignorance is not hidden.
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My humor isn't hidden and we all stereotype people in some form or fashion.

But there's nothing funny about this woman claiming racial profiling because she can't drive. To bad your ignorance doesn't allow you to see that.

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GlenDice said: ↑

You seem to miss the point. This women WANTED to be racially profiled.
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The Cop WANTED to pull her over because she was black.

#16 NicktheBrick, Aug 2, 2015
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Are you guys claiming that racial profiling doesn't exists because of one incident and how this one incident represents liberals in some way. How do you know she is liberal? Because she is minority or that she claims discrimination?

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rockbox said: ↑

Are you guys claiming that racial profiling doesn't exists because of one incident and how this one incident represents liberals in some way.
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I'm claiming that we're at a time here in America where people are desperately trying to be offended, going as far as lying. This lady is just one examples of many other cases. You don't see a problem with that?

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How do you know she is liberal? Because she is minority or that she claims discrimination?
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College professor, teaches about the "effects of racial profiling"

Put 2 and 2 together.

#18 GlenDice, Aug 2, 2015

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GlenDice said: ↑

I'm claiming that we're at a time here in America where people are desperately trying to be offended, going as far as lying. This lady is just one examples of many other cases. You don't see a problem with that?

College professor, teaches about the "effects of racial profiling"

Put 2 and 2 together.
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Let me guess. You never attended an institute of higher learning besides MAYBE community college and suddenly you are some expert in liberal indoctrination of universities around the nation because of your wealth of information you have received from Facebook political activist news feed memes.

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O: [Inaudible]
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Not really convinced by the transcript. Need more evidence that this cop wasn't being racist. These conveniently marked "inaudible" parts of the conversation could be where the cop uses derogatory remarks to this educator of color. Possibly invoking the n word or similar.

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