Teen visiting Houston for dance classes taken into CPS custody

[CHERIE.T]

I personally don't like the fact that a female tween/teen was alone with 2 men.

 

[jjenny]

I personally don't like the fact that a female tween/teen was alone with 2 men.

And this was at 3 am, dozing off in a car outside some gas station.

 

[liljim]

this reminds me a lot of the people in the renisha mcbride case who once they heard that she was drunk and had walked away from an accident at 1am that was all they wanted to talk about, nothing that happened after that was worthy of discussion...

 

[LinasK]

Aren't dance conventions usually held at hotels??? Then why would they have needed to drive to another hotel? Why weren't they staying at the hotel where the dance convention was? Something is very fishy with this story...

 

[liljim]

i dont see it called a convention in any of the stories, i see it called classes, a workshop, to study with, at a studio... maybe im missing it but i dont see convention anywhere.

 

[Karmady]

Aren't dance conventions usually held at hotels??? Then why would they have needed to drive to another hotel? Why weren't they staying at the hotel where the dance convention was? Something is very fishy with this story...

It wasn't a "convention." They were dancing at a studio. Says that right in the linked article. Dance events (competitions) are usually held in theaters, schools, convention centers, etc. anyway. Not in hotels.

Nothing fishy. As evidenced by the fact that the girl was eventually released to the people she was travelling with.

jmo

 

[LinasK]

i dont see it called a convention in any of the stories, i see it called classes, a workshop, to study with, at a studio... maybe im missing it but i dont see convention anywhere.

That's what they are- I know several girls enrolled in performing troupes of dance companies and they go to these things, and they do travel for them.

 

[LinasK]

It wasn't a "convention." They were dancing at a studio. Says that right in the linked article. Dance events (competitions) are usually held in theaters, schools, convention centers, etc. anyway. Not in hotels.

Nothing fishy. As evidenced by the fact that the girl was eventually released to the people she was travelling with.

jmo

Well, in California- they are held in hotels- I know this for a fact. I know several girls who attend them.
Here is one: http://www.tremainedance.com/pdfs/TremaineDance_Info Sheet_-_10-29-13.pdf

 

[LinasK]

It wasn't a "convention." They were dancing at a studio. Says that right in the linked article. Dance events (competitions) are usually held in theaters, schools, convention centers, etc. anyway. Not in hotels.

Nothing fishy. As evidenced by the fact that the girl was eventually released to the people she was travelling with.

jmo

Umm, I read her mother had to come pick her up, not that she was released to the guys.

 

[liljim]

im not sure where you are getting your information from, please provide it, nothing i have seen says anything about them going to a convention, or it being held at a hotel, or her parents going to get her. thanx.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/oklahoma-dancer-houston-police-cps-234062201.html

"shortly after leaving the studio Saturday night"

"Landry was released back into the custody of her instructors"

http://www.khou.com/news/local/HPD-...ing-with-Oklahoma-teen-dancers-234176921.html

"to work with hip-hop artists at Planet Funk Academy and tape a video"

"the men waited in their car for about six hours outside the front door, until Landry was finally released around 11:30 a.m."

 

[liljim]

even if we go ahead and say it was a convention (it wasnt) and/or it was held at a hotel (no evidence of this) - are there no reasonable explanations for why they might have booked their rooms at a different hotel?

i can think of many right off the top of my head.

 

[Karmady]

Well, in California- they are held in hotels- I know this for a fact. I know several girls who attend them.

Okay. But they weren't at a dance convention or competition. They were
dancing at a studio. So the fact that they were staying in a hotel is totally normal. But even if they had been at an event held in a hotel, they might not have stayed there due to price or availability.

jmo

 

[Karmady]

Umm, I read her mother had to come pick her up, not that she was released to the guys.

ummm, she was released to her instructors. The links are already here and I think liljim reposted them just now.

 

[jjenny]

Okay. But they weren't at a dance convention or competition. They were
dancing at a studio. So the fact that they were staying in a hotel is totally normal. But even if they had been at an event held in a hotel, they might not have stayed there due to price or availability.

jmo

They weren't in a hotel when police found them. They were in a car, "dozing off" at 3 am in the morning.
Had something been amiss, and police didn't investigate, I am pretty sure everybody on this website would be screaming to high heaven how police don't do their job.

 

[i.b.nora]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Planet-Funk-Academy/120241418054495

 

[Karmady]

They weren't in a hotel when police found them. They were in a car, "dozing off" at 3 am in the morning.
Had something been amiss, and police didn't investigate, I am pretty sure everybody on this website would be screaming to high heaven how police don't do their job.

I still haven't seen on single person say the police shouldn't have investigated. Including myself.

My post was in response to one that said something was fishy about why they were staying in a different hotel than where the dance convention was located. Nevermind the fact that there was no convention held in any hotel.

jmo

 

[liljim]

They weren't in a hotel when police found them. They were in a car, "dozing off" at 3 am in the morning.
Had something been amiss, and police didn't investigate, I am pretty sure everybody on this website would be screaming to high heaven how police don't do their job.

where did anyone say they were in a hotel when the police found them?

for the 4th time in this very thread - who is arguing that the police should not have investigated? all i see are people saying the exact opposite, completely acknowledging that the police were right to investigate.

 

[KateB]

HPD Responds to Accusations that They Detained a White Girl for Traveling with Two Black Men

The story made national news today, and it's not hard to see why: Landry was detained for 11 hours despite traveling with people that her parents not only placed her in the care of, but who possessed extensive documentation of that parental permission. Raising questions about whether this is an instance of racial profiling certainly seems appropriate.

http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/hpd-responds-accusations-they-detained-white-girl-traveling-two-black-men

link of the dance video they made a few months ago is in the comments.

 

[AnaTeresa]

where did anyone say they were in a hotel when the police found them?

for the 4th time in this very thread - who is arguing that the police should not have investigated? all i see are people saying the exact opposite, completely acknowledging that the police were right to investigate.

No one is saying police shouldn't have investigated - what many are saying, myself included, is that the police went too far in their "investigation."

 

[gitana1]

Aren't dance conventions usually held at hotels??? Then why would they have needed to drive to another hotel? Why weren't they staying at the hotel where the dance convention was? Something is very fishy with this story...

I'm not sure what this has to do with the price of tea in China but let me add to what else has been stated about the facts here. The mother did not appear alarmed at the fact that they dozed off at a gas station after traveling 10 hours and dancing 9, and appeared to know they were staying at a hotel and where.

I understand questioning the wisdom of this mother letting her go out of state accompanied by unrelated males. I'd never do that. There are plenty of stories of dancers, athletes, martial artists and scouts being molested by their very trusted instructors or leaders. But clearly, the mom's reaction indicates the hotel was part of the plan.

I will say that these are family men with what appears to be a legitimate, well attended studio and their independent work as professionals is all over the place on you tube. Again, while I would not allow what these mothers have, I'm baffled by the continued insinuations on a thread about possible police misconduct, that these men were up to something nefarious with their young charge. NONE of the evidence do far comes close to supporting such insinuations. In fact, the facts refute such insinuations as the kid was released from CPS custody to these same men.

So what's with the desperate digs to find something wrong with these men?