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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’s a woman running away from cops on a tractor https://t.co/ZsHxqMmQ92— Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@Wu-Tang Is For The Children) 1625431700.0
And the mugshot https://t.co/EysbXgR3rO https://t.co/wNZLQmG22C— Wu-Tang Is For The Children (@Wu-Tang Is For The Children) 1625432190.0
@WUTangKids I counted at least six officers. She was driving thru, not stopping. Actively evading and escaping.. th… https://t.co/tSEuZgMjTV— Jill Lietzau (@Jill Lietzau) 1625437949.0
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’ USA. Lol. https://t.co/q1vwPoLO2y— Raulradio (@Raulradio) 1625520781.0
Moonshine a heck of a drug. https://t.co/CaWUPxZKpd— jonathan pollard (@jonathan pollard) 1625491591.0
Please note that no one had a gun out prepared to shoot her, in spite of the fact that she could have run over poli… https://t.co/0xzlCeuLWa— Irene Paino📚🐈☮🌈🦅 (@Irene Paino📚🐈☮🌈🦅) 1625495708.0
When cant police be this calm when handling black folks. https://t.co/qlevPHRarX— TopOfThaMornin (@TopOfThaMornin) 1625487430.0
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 lives https://t.co/4anaS7gJmP— Mikaela Skye (@Mikaela Skye) 1625485389.0
We all know what I'm gone say. https://t.co/OxfBSwCfJ9— daya (@daya) 1625457991.0
Big difference in how this would have gone down if she were Black https://t.co/8mofkBojfX— JaxHarley (@JaxHarley) 1625498680.0
white privilege. https://t.co/rWHvbZuosC— Judy Lorg (@Judy Lorg) 1625492003.0
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.