“Once she refused to put out the cigarette, he could have walked away, but her refusal also gave him cause to pull her out of the car. “
So “smoking in the presence of an officer” is a criminal offense in Texas?
There is no question that this woman intentionally ruffled the officer’s feathers. Black’s seem to be emboldened to behave this way with Obola in the White Hut. That said, they are still citizens and must be afforded the same rights as those of us who don’t have some racial axe to grind, and surely they don’t deserve to die because they act like a$$holes.
No, disobeying a lawful order is a criminal offense in Texas.
He could walk away from a bank robbery too, but cops don’t generally walk away from law breakers, do they?
Refusing to follow a lawful order is a criminal offense in TX regardless of the lawful order. Putting out a cigarette is a lawful order and done for officer safety and investigative purposes. Her smoking wasn’t the issue. Her refusing to follow the lawful order of putting the cigarette out was the issue.