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Police Officer Purchased Car Seats For A Single Mom Instead Of Giving Her A Ticket


Andrella ‘Lashae’ Jackson was pulled over by a Milwaukee police officer who noticed her two young daughters were not in car seats, the single mom of five expected to leave with a hefty ticket.

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The officer named Kevin Zimmerman purchased and installed two car seats for the girls, Niyah and Sky, and issued Jackson a simple warning.

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“My girls couldn’t stop thanking him and it made them smile….shout out to Officer Zimmerman at District 5,” Jackson said on Facebook. “We appreciate it a lot.”

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The police department said that Zimmerman stopped Jackson for not having proper registration when he noticed the children without any seat belts or car seats. 

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Jackson said she couldn’t afford car seats at the time.”With bills coming up and winter coming up, I have to get coats and boots and shoes for my kids,” Jackson told CNN affiliate WTMJ. “So it was hard for me.”

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Zimmerman told WTMJ-TV: ‘I see three kids in the backseat and two are very young. I didn’t observe any child restraints or even seat belts and I asked why the kids aren’t in car seats. She said, she can’t afford them at this time.’

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‘I’m a father myself, I have three kids,’ 

‘I thought of my kids jumping around. What if a car hit them and they flew and got seriously hurt, if not killed?’

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In a Facebook post, Jackson told that Zimmerman escorted them to a local Walmart and purchased two car seats for around  $75.

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She wrote: ‘GOT PULLED OVER FOR KIDS’ NOT BEING IN A CAR SEAT AND HE WENT IN BOUGHT AND ALSO INSTALLED THEM IN MY CAR. MY GIRL’S COULDN’T STOP THANKING HIM AND IT MADE THEM SMILE…WE APPRECIATE IT A LOT.’

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The Department wrote in a Facebook post: ‘Thank you Officer Zimmerman for going the extra mile and going above and beyond your call of duty.’

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