Texas Clerk Karen Phillips was arrested on April 4 after allegedly interfering with her son Derek Phillips’ arrest. Phillips is now suing her own county in a multi-million dollar lawsuit claiming that her constitutional rights were violated. The Law&Crime Network’s Sierra Gillespie breaks down the story.
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OF COURSE HER NAME IS KAREN
What a waste of public resources and an insult to civil services
The officer is to be commended for his patience, professionalism and communication.
Here is the living embodiment of the dysfunctional family. This is how the county clerk behaves? She has no clue that her son interfered with a lawful traffic stop. As a county clerk, she should be supportive of law enforcement, but instead chooses to drain the coffers dry. And hubby is a county commissioner? Both have so much pathology and they hold these jobs?
This family wasting the public resources
Wow, someone actually named Karen was acting entitled.
I don’t understand their blatant refusal by the first guy or the intervention by the other guy or a County Clerk.
What an embarrassment
As a psychiatric provider in Smith county, I look at the objective data and facts. I pay taxes myself and everyone I know personally pays taxes and follows the law and what the police advise. It never was about the traffic stop to me- it was resisting and blatant disrespect for law enforcement. Data wise, JS, “my wrist are hurting/breaking “from cuffs and “help I cannot breathe” are no longer valid because of these types of behaviors and people are disrespectful to all that have not cried wolf and did have these complications of resisting arrest. If my son whom is 21 behaved in this manner I would be mortified, embarrassed and angry. The sovereign citizen movement- may work in other countries, states, districts and counties… but I do not believe it will ever fly in Smith county. We have so much freedom already in USA, Texas, Smith county, Tyler ..and to try to argue the set, standard and followed law by the overall majority… it’s an insult to every other Smith County law abiding citizen …that gets pulled over at least once in their driving life and respectfully abide to policemen whom are literally justified and literally just trying to do their job! Stay safe everyone. I love LAW and CRIME!
You hippies would all be in jail. Lucky im not a cop
$10 million dollar lawsuit for multiple rights violations. Told you.
SovCit trash.
What clowns. Sovereign citizens are such m0r0ns.
sounds like thew cops were targeting them
Th-Th-The, Th-Th-The, Th-Th…That's all folks. 😃 😀
Drug dealers have more respect than this guy
What would you bet these guys vote for Democrats. 😃
Haha Did you hear/see that another of the Phillips’ sons (Lance) was ALSO put in jail for contempt of court 😄😄😄happened WHILE speaking to the county commission – that included his father!!!! They all voted for him to be taken into custody- except dad who went the coward’s way (abstentia)
This makes me want to discipline my grown kids 😬🫢🫣
His property!! Lol! His parents' property!
Derek with the Weird Al look. Save some for the rest of us, playa🙄
Nothing like suing your constituents. I wonder what her re-election platform will be: "Hand over your votes and then your dollars."
Studderrrrrrr rrrr rrr ying Karen
Mom and dad were elected officials!
How many maniacs have we voted in?
Who drives around with a dictionary u freak.😂
I honestly can't believe these people work for the country. Have things gotten that bad. No respect for the law, nor the positions they hold. Not to mention the self entitlement. ( quite a few of people in high positions as this hold this trait)
So let me understand this, Husband is county commissioner and she is the county clerk??? Where is this Otter Creek Florida?
The U.S. really needs to take into account the people they let run their country.
What is Tom Sawyer’s and Huckleberry Finn’s problem?
Way to go mom they are getting paid
County clerk is a piece of crap too!
The cops were so polite to these folks. They both didnt have Driver's License and thats against the law. I'm seeing 🤍 privileged.
LMAO 😂😂😂 she's a wuss
I’m wondering if they won their lawsuits. Lol
SovCidiots are so disgusting, no way would I let this creep near my house,son or not.
Disgusting parents that let this addict live with them, and try and sue, what a worthless family.
These people are disgusting! They should all be fined for wasting the police man’s time!
DISGUSTING!! To be elected officials & act like that!?? If they get that money, there will be NO END to frivolous lawsuits! And no one will feel the need to comply because a big payday is worth iit. Ridiculous!! They need to lose their jobs!
"I can't breathe" is the criminal's all-time favorite claim.
So detain vs arrest is semantics, but vehicle vs automobile and traveler vs driver make all the difference? Riiiight.
The whole story is crazy! What a couple of goofs!!
seems Cody lived with Derek.
she was shivering, and fine.
The only normal member of this family is the Father. The Mother is unstable and her Son is a psyco
Such a grotesque family. Their bone deep ignorance is palpable.
I’ve watched several videos and courthouse incidents. She’s an elected official but her son and the other guy speaking sovereign citizens BS really!
We all saw the video lady!! – malicious lawsuits are illegal arent they? Sovereign citizen son snd friend 🙄. Karen was shouting that the cops didnt have right to enter her house without a warrant when they chased the guy trying to escape – which of course they do 🤷♀️. They are lucky these misdemeanors were all they were charged with.
Miss Gillespie is a mighty fine young lady, yessir 😂 I was not expecting that using her news reporter voice
Lol they should be the ones paying the state not the other way around. Heck they should pay all of us that sat through this video 😂. My head is killing me now.
And lady the police did a amazing job in this situation. They lucky I wasn't the cop pulling them over because they would have went somewhere else not jail.
If his Mom is an actual elected official, i just wonder how the voters think about it?
Just because you file a Lawsuit, it doesn't mean that you have won, it only states that you have a Lawsuit PENDING in a Court Proceedings.
It doesn't mean that you have actually won the case.