By The Blaze ——Bio and Archives--July 31, 2023
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Police in Frisco, Texas are apologizing after human error mistakenly led them to pull over a family at gunpoint, mistakenly believing them to be driving a stolen car.
According to KTVT-TV, the incident occurred on July 23 when a family from Arkansas was traveling to Grapevine, Texas to attend a basketball tournament. Police pulled over their car during a routine traffic stop and ran their plates — but instead of running "AR" for Arkansas, they mistakenly entered "AZ" for Arizona, and got back a registration report from a car that (obviously) did not match the car they had pulled over. The officer then believed that the car in question was stolen, and initiated a "high-risk traffic stop." ---More...
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