Posted on 07/22/2015 7:03:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
They both escalated the situation. Why was she being so defiant when being issued a warning without disputing what she did?
She was an activist. Being a pain in the ass is what her kind do.
I don’t think the cop’s commands really had anything to do with cigarettes. He just wanted to boss her around.
If she wasn’t smoking, but was, say, wearing a hat, he probably would have ordered her to take her hat off.
Well, by death, apparently...
For that action, she was offered a warning with no fine. If she had signed it, it would have ended there.
This LEO has been selected by the Governor, whose hand has reached down and has taken a small town thug and made him Lord of a 100 mile stretch of Interstate.
Sarcasm indicates some degree of humor. Nobody is laughing. Public officials MUST be held to a higher standard, and face more rigorous punishments. (I'm for drawing and quartering, first offence, but I'm a traditionalist.)
Short man syndrome.
Fixed it for you
Yes, she should have been ticketed for failure to signal and that should have been the end of it.
No, the officer shouldn’t have told her to get out of the car or anything that followed that order. His chief should have sent his butt walking out of the station with a pink slip that same day. There is no excuse for his behavior.
No, she shouldn’t have been in jail for 3 days.
No, she, alone, killed herself.
This is not passing the smell test.
It’s almost looking like she was trying to set up a confrontation?
I did to, and basically agree with your assessment. The cop was polite and professional with his previous stop and this one began the same way. She was agitated, confrontational from the onset and states as much. Pretty clear she was trying to provoke an incident.
" She had her foul mouth and Obama’s brothers and sisters on her side,…"
Yep.
Listening to the audio, it seemed like the officer was trying to push her buttons.
Nearly anything is “potentially” a weapon.
And there's the biggest problem: They no longer NEED cause. They have a badge and a gun. That is all they need. You WILL comply.
An unfortunate mix of 2 already agitated people. Once the officer started being overly aggressive, his over-blown sense of authority was not going to let him back off. It escalated.
Yes, she was mouthy and rude, but being told to put out her cigarette and being pulled out of her car was over the top.
For a turn signal violation?
As an aside, people don’t commit suicide over traffic issues and a stint in jail. She was either already psychologically unstable or it wasn’t suicide.
Good example of how something routine can go seriously bad in no time at all.
Again, the big question is this — WHY WAS SHE IN JAIL FOR 3 DAYS ( AND HOW LONG WOULD SHE BEEN IN JAIL FOR HAD SHE NOT DIED )?
This is the question that screams out for an answer.
Well, if she was, the cop most certainly (and unprofessionally) obliged her.
IMHO, the escalation began when the cop ordered her out of the car. Evidently, in Texas a cop has the right to issue that order. But I see no reason for that order, none at all. The cop chose to escalate the situation. It's on him.
I saw part of it. One scarey, crazy cop.
I see no cause to even stop her. Failing to signal a lane change?? Have never heard 0f anyone getting a ticket for that.
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