I would be willing to bet that Dallas isn’t the only place this happens.  I don’t get what it is that angers some people so much when they hear Spanish being spoken or see a business with a sign printed in Spanish, but it really does anger some people.  I’ve seen letters to the editor of a local newspaper complaining about people speaking Spanish to each other while shopping and I always wonder why anyone would care.

Kudos to this Police Chief for addressing the problem.

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said this afternoon that his officers have written at least 39 citations to people over the past three years for not speaking English.

Apologizing publicly to the city’s Spanish-speaking community, the chief said all officers and supervisors involved will be investigated for dereliction of duty. All pending citations will be dismissed, and people who paid fines will be reimbursed.

The police chief added: “In my world, you would never tell someone not to speak Spanish.”

The bogus citations – there is no law requiring Dallas residents to speak English – came to light after it was revealed that a rookie officer, Gary Bromley, had issued a citation on Oct. 2 to Ernestina Mondragon for being a non-English-speaking driver.

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