Not the first time being harassed by Hood River City Police Officer Juan Pulido. Pulido is my “uncle” and has personal issues not just with me, but against various other family members of mine that share the same last name as I and I know he strongly dislikes my family because of what he has said. Pulido started harassing me at a traffic stop about 2 years ago the second he knew my last name. In this video above, his reason for pulling me over was because the registered vehicle owner was suspended. That was not true. The vehicle I was driving in this video belonged to my brother. My brother was the legal and registered owner and in fact was NOT suspended because it was confirmed threw another law enforcement agency about 3 hours after this incident that my brother definitely did have a valid drivers license in Oregon & Washington, which Pulido had stated to me that I was stopped because the registered owner was suspended in both OR & WA which was not true. Weeks later I read Pulidos’ police report were again he claimed that he stopped me because the registered vehicle owner was suspended. Pulido then also mentioned in the report the suspended registered vehicle owners name and his DOB. The person he mentioned to be the suspended registered vehicle owner is an uncle of mine that shares the same last name as I do as well. My uncle was definitely not the registered owner. My brother was. I have proof as well. My uncle never owned this vehicle at anytime, nor did he ever drive it let alone he never even rode in it. That morning before getting pulled over I parked at the Chevron gas station by the Hood River Bridge and as I was exiting the vehicle to go inside the store Officer Pulido was pulling into the parking lot and that’s when he saw me. I stayed in the parking lot inside the vehicle eating some food and on my phone for about an hour. About roughly 20 minutes before leaving the gas station to head home is when I noticed Pulido had been stalking me the whole time. As I left the Chevron parking lot heading towards Button Bridge road I approached the stop light. I was gonna head north towards Washington I would be making a right turn onto Button Bridge road to go across the Hood River Toll Bridge. As soon as I made that right turn I saw the red and blue lights in my rear view mirror from a far distance approaching my vehicle from the rear at a high speed. After pulling over he said the registered owner was suspended which was not true I mentioned that earlier and how I proved 3 hours after with a different law enforcement agency that he was not suspended. Later on in Pulidos report he said the vehicle was registered to my uncle. Which it was not as I have proof it was registered to my brother and he was not suspended. Pulido was not honest in his report and said the registered owner was suspended as an excuse to stop me. When Pulido stopped me and verified I was not suspended and had insurance and registration is when he should of let me go on to head home. But instead, after verifying I had a valid license and insurance and handing me back my documents he violated my rights and kept me there trying to ask me questions and flashing his light into my car trying to accuse me of committing a crime and questioning the belongings inside my vehicle when in the first place I should have never been stopped. Officer Pulido has not only harassed me, but has used excessive force on my brother and harasses other relatives of mine that share the same last name as I. All this harassment from him is from him having personal issues against my family and disliking us. It is not professional for Pulido of anyone to be involving personal issues with work. He is abusing his badge and his power as an officer of the law and wasting time stopping my relatives and I to just give us a hard time. Just like he has courage to hold others accountable for there actions, he should have courage to hold himself accountable for his actions instead of betraying his badge and breaking faith with the public trust. He was sworn in to protect and serve us as citizens and to protect our civil liberties not violate them. It does not make me feel safe with Pulido attempting to intimidate me and acting as if his badge gives him a right to break the law and act above the law. I have never had issues with any other officer of the law but Officer Pulido. I have nothing against officers of the law and have always been respectful. In the video I did not break any law but I was harassed and he made false accusations against me. He has stopped my brother saying his exhaust was too loud, yet it was a stock factory exhaust on a newer vehicle. He also has told my brother if he does not want to get pulled over to not go to Hood River. Pulido has also closely followed me from Walmart heading towards the Hood River Toll Bridge.
Post time: Feb-12-2017