OKC, OK - Seems when the critically acclaimed Blue Man Group performed to a soldout crowd at the Ford Center November 12, one mother started the party a little early.
According to court records Dinah R. Shadid, 44, of Dallas was in OKC with her three children, ages 17, 16, and 12.
Seems an Oklahoma City vice officer, working at the Ford Center, came into contact with the Shadid quartet. The problem, three of the four Shadids were three sheets to the wind.
According to the probable cause affidavit, "Dinah Shadid told officers she had taken her children to a house somewhere off I-35 and Indian Hills Road. While at this house she provided vodka to her minor children..."
The mother of the year from Dallas was promptly booked into jail and her children taken into protective custody.
December 7, felony charges of providing alcohol to a minor where filed in Cleveland County (where the 'vodka' was allegedly consumed).
UPDATE: on 5/16/07 Dinah Shadid plead guilty and was given a 5-year deferred sentence, ordered to pay court costs and take parenting classes.
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after seeing both sides of this incident, it is very interesting to read this blog posting.
This posting takes a very one sided approach to reporting and finds the defendent guilty without know the facts, or waiting for the outcome.
i happen to have the facts from both sides, and a significant portion of the truth has been left out of this posting.
The truth is that Dinah has a bottle of vodka in the back of her vehicle. Two of her three children decided to help themsevles and opened the bottle and got drunk.
One of her children decided to give the policeman a mouthful, and the policeman acted like most local yocals - a cop with a god complex. The child was an ass. The cop was a bigger ass. He distorted everything that was said because he was angry.
The interesting thing about oklahoma is that your guilty until proven innocent. That is, if a cop says you're drunk, then your guilty and the burden of proof lies with you. They don't have to give you a breathalizer test, a blood alcohol test, or any other kind of test. It's your word against theres. And if you meet a bad cop with a bad attitude, you could be in for a world of hurt - which is what happened in this case. Dinah took responsibility, and the punishment, because her two oldest kids decided to be disobedient.
It's too bad that the person who wrote this blog took such a cavalier and condenscending approach to reporting and did so without all of the facts...
"Jeff"
Obviously you know Dinah R. Shadid personally. I admit she must be pretty popular in your city. My logs show that the number one search term pointing people to this blog are "Dinah Shadid." Seems that her name accounts for over 200 referals to this blog.
How can this blog offer anything other than a "one sided approach." It's not like Dinah gave an interiew.
The blog is based 100% on police reports, court records and the probable cause affidavit.
Please point out one thing that is not factual as presented by court records.
I would welcome Dinah to post her side of the story here.
I know the officer who arrested her and I know him to be a liar. I like to refer to him as Larry the Cable Guy because he looks and acts like him.
Please feel free to invite Dinah to post her side here if she chooses.
Brian,
I appreciate your feedback and, you are humorously correct - how can this be anything other than a one sided report!
You asked me to name things that were not factual. We could start with the police reports, but this blog is based on those, and I assume we may both agree on the validity of those.
So, how about if we start with the statement "three for the four Shadids were three sheets to the wind". First, Dinah had not had anything to drink and she was not in the slightest bit imparied or intoxicated. Second, her youngest child did not have anything to drink. That leaves two children who did. The oldest was, without question, three sheets to the wind. The middle is still open for debate. So, at the most, two were drunk, but probably just one.
More to the point. You called this police officer a know liar. However, in your report, you set a tone that casts Ms. Shadid in a very poor light while supporting the policeman (or at least the reports). The sarcasm expressed in phrases like "...one mother started the party a little early", "three sheets to the wind", and "mother of the year..." implies guilt and make her look like a negligent mom. This is not true.
You are correct that I know Dinah personally. I was also a cop and I try to be objective because people never cease to surprise me.
The facts as I know them are:
Dinah provide two of her minor children with one drink at a home they were visiting (I have given my minor children a small glass of wine, has anyone else done something like this?)
These same two children helped themselves (how many kids haven't)?
The oldest got extremely drunk and became beligerent with the cop.
Dinah had not had anything to drink.
The cop would not listen and all and twisted everything that Dinah said so he could use it against her.
I realize that, in Oklahoma, giving your kids a drink is illegal. However, there is much more to this story than that, and that is for another discussion about parental rights, constitutional rights, etc.
Dinah paid the price for letting two of her kids have a drink. She also paid the price for her kids disobedience (again, there's more to the story that you don't know), and there is no need to insinuate that she is a bad mother, or that she even did something wrong (regardless of whether it's legal or not).
I appreciate your candor and look forward to your response. If I could talk Dinah into responding I would. But she is humiliated by this experience and wants it behind her.
Jeff, thanks for the response.
I think you would agree that this is a blog and nothing more.
I rely soley on public record and some tongue and cheek humor for my articles.
I'm sure most readers take my articles for what they are.
That is one reason I allow those in the know to respond and to make any clarifications they wish.
It's really too bad Dinah does not want to respond herself, but I understand.
As I said before, I have never seen so many referals to this site from a single Google entry (her name).
I'm certain readers will gain additional insites from your posts.
Thank you.
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