The incident was intentionally escalated by the cop, who's supposed to be the experience professional, who is supposed to be taught how to deescalate a minor situations.
He's handing her a signed warning ticket, the traffic stop was all but over. Watch the video...And then suddenly he demands she put out her cigarette? That's total harassment only meant to escalate the situation.
This is clear to anyone capable of critical thought.
I will ping you with the family sues the crap out of the government down there. I'm looking forward to it.☺
The video makes an excellent witness.
Not to mention the family can sue for civil rights violations via federal court.
The stop became harrassment after he handed her her warning. Legally, any interaction after can be considered harrassment, as the cop should not have detained her further, and he had no cause for arrest.
You’re the one calling it harassment, intimidation, or intentional escalation, but all of those are YOUR OPINIONS only and they make a lot of assumptions about the cop’s motivations which a single fact to back up your claims.
I don’t think his attitude was that bad. I would like to know what prompted him to ask question, not because it was wrong, but merely out of curiosity. His attitude did not reach the level of harassment, according to the law.
You think he was rude and I think she was rude. We can just agree to disagree on that point, but fortunately, it will be judged in TX so I’m not worried. Besides, our opinions don’t matter, but what does matter is that he did NOT violate the law and she DID continuously violate the law. That is black and white and not in dispute.
Like I said before...good luck on the lawsuit. The State/county/cops are all immune if no laws were violated and if some law was violated in the jail then their max award is only $300k. Thankfully tort reform is a great conservative principle that is practiced in TX.