An incident occurred on December 3, 2024, which by legal definition could fit more into the category of kidnapping rather than a lawful arrest.

     Lumberton Police officers surrounded a nursing mom, her infant, and 2 other children, all under the age of five, and forcibly removed her from her vehicle without probable cause or a warrant. It should also be noted that the officers would not allow the nursing infant to be fed by her mother during the ordeal which ended up lasting over 23 hours.

 

   In order to discern whether this was a legal arrest or an illegal kidnapping, we need to look at Texas penal code and the facts surrounding this abduction.

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     Under section 20.02 of Texas Penal Code, if Lumberton police officers were not making a lawful arrest they could be guilty of kidnapping not only the breast-feeding mother but the infant and the other two minor children.  Read More....