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A Florida pistillate who was ticketed for allegedly holding a cellphone successful her close manus portion driving, contempt not having a close hand, has had the citation dismissed months aft the antithetic postulation halt went viral.According to Palm Beach County tribunal records, the citation was dismissed Tuesday astatine the petition of the sheriff's bureau owed to "insufficient evidence."The lawsuit gained wide attraction aft Katie Thomas shared video of the February postulation halt connected societal media.Body camera footage obtained shows a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Deputy telling Thomas, "You drove past maine holding the telephone with your close hand, manipulating that phone."Thomas past holds up her close arm, revealing she doesn't person her close hand.She laughs and says, "Obviously not."She past adds, "So you privation to conscionable telephone this a day?"The lawman says helium thought helium saw her holding the telephone successful her close hand.
Despite her denials, Thomas was issued a $116 postulation citation for texting portion driving.In a statement, the sheriff's bureau said the lawman initiated the postulation halt "based upon his ocular reflection astatine the clip of the incident," and that the determination to disregard the lawsuit came aft "additional reappraisal of the Florida State Statutes progressive and based upon the totality of the circumstances."
The connection added, "Law enforcement officers are required to marque decisions based connected observations made successful existent time. As with immoderate enforcement action, motorists person the close to contention citations done the judicial process, wherever each facts and grounds tin beryllium afloat evaluated."
