Tammy Cooper, Texas woman, sues police and neighbor after child endangerment arrest

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Tammy Cooper was arrested and spent the night behind bars after a neighbor contacted police claiming her children were unsupervised while playing outside the house.
Photographer: Courtesy abc15.com/YouTube

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Posted: 09/20/2012

A Texas woman is suing an officer, a police department, and a neighbor after she was arrested for child endangerment, according to a Wednesday report.

Yahoo.com said Tammy Cooper was arrested and spent the night behind bars after a neighbor contacted police claiming her children were unsupervised while playing outside the house.

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Cooper said she was watching the 6 and 9-year-old children from a lawn chair, but police reportedly took the neighbor’s word and arrested Cooper.

Cooper is now suing the neighbor and police, according to the article.

Yahoo.com said the neighbor had no comment while the La Porte Police Department said they are confident of the known actions of the officers on the scene. Read more.

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