A 60-year-old woman in Texas faces charges after leading Rockwall Police on a chase where she sped away from them in her tractor.
Laurie Bostic of Rockwall, Texas, outran three officers on her tractor while also being pursued by a squad car. Apparently, she was incensed when officers told her she and her tractor were not welcome into a local 4th of July parade.
A second video shows Bostic being arrested and placed in the squad car.
Meanwhile in Texas there\u2019s a woman running away from cops on a tractorpic.twitter.com/ZsHxqMmQ92— Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@Wu-Tang Is For The Children) 1625431700
And the mugshot https://fox40jackson.com/headlines/texas-woman-61-arrested-after-driving-tractor-in-july-4-parade-without-permission-report/\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/wNZLQmG22C— Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@Wu-Tang Is For The Children) 1625432190
I counted at least six officers. She was driving thru, not stopping. Actively evading and escaping.. they were clearly identified & told her to stop. The cops look amused. \n\nGeorge Floyd was murdered.— Jill Lietzau (@Jill Lietzau) 1625437949
No instant use of live ammunition to her back, no electric stun gun directly shot to the heart, no knee to the trachea for 9+ minutes?— Hulkling \ud83e\udde9 #BLM \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udfff #Mask \ud83d\ude37 #GetVax \ud83d\udc89 (@Hulkling \ud83e\udde9 #BLM \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udfff #Mask \ud83d\ude37 #GetVax \ud83d\udc89) 1625432725
She should just comply and follow the cops orders. Isn't that what they always say?— JL (@JL) 1625432924
Bostic was then taken into custody and charged with evading arrest, a 3rd-degree felony.
She is also facing misdemeanor charges of interfering with a processional, disorderly conduct, and criminal mischief.
Good ol\u2019 USA. Lol.https://twitter.com/wutangkids/status/1411788994518687745\u00a0\u2026— Raulradio (@Raulradio) 1625520781
A tractor? What kinda HP does that tractor have to be able to out run cops? Willing to bet no shots were fired tho.https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1411788994518687745\u00a0\u2026— \ud83d\udcaf Back At It Again\ud83d\udcaf (@\ud83d\udcaf Back At It Again\ud83d\udcaf) 1625496337
Moonshine a heck of a drug.https://twitter.com/wutangkids/status/1411788994518687745\u00a0\u2026— jonathan pollard (@jonathan pollard) 1625491591
Please note that no one had a gun out prepared to shoot her, in spite of the fact that she could have run over police or one of them could have slipped and fallen under the wheels of the tractor. Funny how they weren't "in fear for their lives."https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1411788994518687745\u00a0\u2026— Irene Paino\ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udc08\u262e\ud83c\udf08\ud83e\udd85 (@Irene Paino\ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udc08\u262e\ud83c\udf08\ud83e\udd85) 1625495708
When cant police be this calm when handling black folks.https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1411788994518687745\u00a0\u2026— TopOfThaMornin (@TopOfThaMornin) 1625487430
Folks were quick to comment on the discrepancy they saw between how this woman was treated, and how a similar interaction might have been handled by the police if the perpetrator was a black woman.
If she were black the police would have shot her saying that they feared for their liveshttps://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1411788994518687745\u00a0\u2026— Mikaela Skye (@Mikaela Skye) 1625485389
We all know what I'm gone say.https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1411788994518687745\u00a0\u2026— daya (@daya) 1625457991
Big difference in how this would have gone down if she were Blackhttps://twitter.com/wutangkids/status/1411788994518687745\u00a0\u2026— JaxHarley (@JaxHarley) 1625498680
white privilege.https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1411788994518687745\u00a0\u2026— Judy Lorg (@Judy Lorg) 1625492003
While this video is very entertaining, most folks reacted to its hidden implication that a white woman on a tractor would receive nothing more than a slap on the wrist. That same interaction would not have gone well otherwise.
But it is good to know that once can outrun the cops on a tractor.