We
all
know
we
live
in
a
prosecutorial
system
that
favors
the
well
connected
over
everybody
else,
but
every
once
in
a
while
things
become
so
obvious
that
it
gets
obscene.
Cops
and
DAs
have
worked
together
to
skirt
the
law,
sure,
but
you’re
at
least
supposed
to
act
like
the
rule
of
law
matters
for
the
simple
things.
Sandra
Doorley
seemed
to
miss
the
memo
before
this
attempted
traffic
stop
and
tried
flashing
her
badge
instead
of
just
handing
over
her
ID.
From
KTOK:
A
New
York
district
attorney
is
apologizing
after
she
berated
a
police
officer
and
called
the
police
chief
after
an
officer
tried
to
pull
her
over
for
speeding
last
week.Monroe
County
District
Attorney
Sandra
Doorley
was
driving
home
when
an
officer
flagged
her
going
55
mph
in
a
35
mph
zone.
The
officer
tried
to
pull
her
over,
but
Doorley
refused
and
kept
driving.She
drove
home,
pulled
into
her
garage,
and
was
confronted
by
the
officer.
She
admitted
to
speeding
and
told
him
she
didn’t
want
to
pull
over
on
the
road.
As
the
two
argued
back
and
forth,
Doorley
called
Webster
Police
Chief
Dennis
Kohlmeier
and
asked,
“Can
you
please
tell
him
to
leave
me
alone?”Doorley
even
held
her
position
over
the
officer,
who
eventually
called
a
supervisor
to
the
scene.“I’m
the
DA
…
I’m
the
DA
of
Monroe
County.”
You
can
see
the
cop’s
footage
of
the
traffic
stop
here:
It
is
easy
for
people
in
positions
of
authority
to
become
entitled,
especially
when
the
people
meant
to
hold
you
accountable
are
co-workers
you
outrank.
It
is
also
dumb
—
most
of
the
interaction
between
DA
Doorley
and
the
cop
that
pulled
her
over
was
him
admonishing
her
for
knowing
better.
You
know
what
else
she
should
have
known
better
than
to
do?
She
should
have
known
better
than
to
talk
to
the
cops
when
you’re
in
the
middle
of
arrestable
offenses!
In
the
span
of
about
two
minutes
she
switches
her
motive
for
refusing
to
pull
over
from
not
wanting
to
stop
on
a
street
at
5:30pm
(that’s
not
a
good
reason,
by
the
way),
to
stopping
in
her
house
because
she
thought
that
it
would
be
easier.
Not
the
brightest
move,
and
that’s
before
she
start
yelling
at
the
officers
to
leave
her
driveway!
She’s
since
released
a
public
apology:
I’ll
be
honest
and
say
that
this
was
a
pretty
good
apology,
textbook
even.
Clear
admission
of
wrongdoing,
paid
the
ticket,
offered
a
concrete
plan
on
what
she
would
do
to
make
amends
—
hell,
she
even
referred
the
matter
to
a
different
district
attorney
to
wash
her
hands
of
bias
accusations!
Other
than
not
messing
up
in
the
first
place,
it
would
be
hard
to
improve
on
her
response
to
the
situation.
Now,
if
video
comes
out
the
woodwork
of
her
being
a
repeat
offender
or
if
she
gets
caught
doing
this
again
next
week,
different
story.
But
barring
that,
kudos
for
issuing
an
actual
apology.
Shane
Vaughn
should
take
notes.
New
York
District
Attorney
Apologizes
For
Berating
Cop
Who
Pulled
Her
Over
[KTOK]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.