Sandra Bland
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A female friend's perspective....
I couldn't sleep last night after watching the Sandra Bland arrest dashcam. Heartbreaking and horrifying. Note that the cop pulled a U-turn in order to follow her at high speed before she ever broke a traffic rule--she failed to signal in the process of getting out of the way of his speeding cruiser. I bet I might also fail to signal at such a moment. At this point, of course, she is not allowed to express annoyance at what is already an unfair situation. She is not allowed to answer questions honestly, using more than three words. She is not allowed to ask why her rights are being infringed for no reason. She is not allowed to know why she is being arrested, or why she is being asked to leave her car for an infraction that infamously requires one to stay in one's car, under threat of death. These are all grounds for arrest, if not capital offenses. Two things that must be said among a million other things in response to this travesty: 1) Let's not forget that complying-silently-no-matter-what with the intention to "sort it out later" is a form of faith that relies on privilege. 2) Not wanting to get out of your own car when a frighteningly amped-up man wielding a taser and already not following procedure refuses to tell you why you're being arrested is a completely understandable response to that situation--a situation she correctly perceived as a life-or-death one.
Peace!
So what does she suggest, a stare down to see who blinks first.....
Officer: Ma'am step out of the car....
Lady: No.....
Officer: Ok, have a nice day.....
:shrug:
He asked her to step out of the car because she refused to put out a lit cigarette in HER car. Had he asked her out because she was creating a disturbance a la the teen 2 weeks ago, you'd have a point
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A dashcam video released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reveals the real reason for Sandra Bland?s traffic stop. The DSP dashcam video also shows the calm and polite nature of the trooper prior to Bland?s escalation of the situation that resulted in her arrest.
The 52-minute dashcam video (shown below) from Trooper Brian Encinia?s patrol car begins during the conclusion of his traffic stop with another motorist. The video shows Encinia?s behavior towards that motorist as being polite and professional. He issued that driver a warning for their traffic offense. As he pulls back into traffic, Bland?s vehicle can be seen approaching a stop sign to his left. The video clearly shows Bland rolling through the stop sign.
Editor?s note: The original video below was located on the Texas Department of Public Safety YouTube page. They have since removed the video from their page. It has been replaced below by a copy of what appears to be the same video courtesy of YouTube/Photography is not a Crime.
Encinia appears to notice the stop sign violation and does a U-turn to go after her. As he approaches her vehicle, she moves to the right lane without signaling, a second traffic violation. Encinia approaches her vehicle using standard officer safety procedures. He checks the trunk and then cautiously walks up to her passenger side window.
The trooper and Ms. Bland have a polite conversation. He identifies himself as a DPS trooper and tells her he stopped her for changing lanes without signaling. For some reason, he does not mention the stop sign violation. He gets her driver?s license and insurance card, checks her vehicle registration and inspection sticker and returns to his car where he prepares a warning citation, just as he had done with his prior stop. A warning citation carries no fine, court appearance, or driving record impact.
When he returns to her car she appears angry. He asks, ?Are you okay?? She responds angrily, ?I?m waiting on you, this is your job.? They exchange a few more words where she clearly displays anger.
Trooper Encinia politely asks her to put out her cigarette. This is a common request by officers and is done for the officer?s safety to protect them from being burned, according to law enforcement officers who spoke with Breitbart Texas.
She refuses to comply, so he orders her to step out of the vehicle. She refuses and the situation begins to escalate. She appears to have refused two lawful orders from a police officer at this point.
Case law states that law enforcement officers have the right to remove someone from a vehicle once they have decided to detain the person, according to a trusted law enforcement professional who spoke with this writer.
At this point she begins resisting as the trooper attempts to take her out of the vehicle. She has now moved from getting an inconsequential warning ticket to being arrested for allegedly resisting and refusing a lawful order.
In the photo above (top), Bland is seen being escorted to the curb by Trooper Encinia. He is holding a Taser that is pointed in her direction.
From this point a physical confrontation begins, mostly off-camera and the trooper makes the arrest. Most of this is witnessed by another black, female police officer who arrived to back-up the trooper.
Trooper Encinia alleges that Bland kicked him while he was trying to detain her.
Due to some issues in the video, media outlets questioned whether the video was edited or not. DPS officials confirmed the video was not edited, but there were some ?glitches? in the system. The ?glitches? occurred at about the 25 minute mark in the video, which is well past the point of confrontation. At this point, Bland is handcuffed and has been placed in a patrol car.
Claims of racial profiling have also been made by various news outlets. The stop occurred near the entrance to Prairie View A&M University which is a predominantly black university. The overwhelming demographic of the population in this area is black. Bland clearly ran the stop sign, right in front of the trooper. His immediate U-Turn clearly shows this is the reason for his stop.
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The 52-minute dashcam video (shown below) from Trooper Brian Encinia?s patrol car begins during the conclusion of his traffic stop with another motorist. The video shows Encinia?s behavior towards that motorist as being polite and professional. He issued that driver a warning for their traffic offense. As he pulls back into traffic, Bland?s vehicle can be seen approaching a stop sign to his left. The video clearly shows Bland rolling through the stop sign.
Editor?s note: The original video below was located on the Texas Department of Public Safety YouTube page. They have since removed the video from their page. It has been replaced below by a copy of what appears to be the same video courtesy of YouTube/Photography is not a Crime.
Encinia appears to notice the stop sign violation and does a U-turn to go after her. As he approaches her vehicle, she moves to the right lane without signaling, a second traffic violation. Encinia approaches her vehicle using standard officer safety procedures. He checks the trunk and then cautiously walks up to her passenger side window.
The trooper and Ms. Bland have a polite conversation. He identifies himself as a DPS trooper and tells her he stopped her for changing lanes without signaling. For some reason, he does not mention the stop sign violation. He gets her driver?s license and insurance card, checks her vehicle registration and inspection sticker and returns to his car where he prepares a warning citation, just as he had done with his prior stop. A warning citation carries no fine, court appearance, or driving record impact.
When he returns to her car she appears angry. He asks, ?Are you okay?? She responds angrily, ?I?m waiting on you, this is your job.? They exchange a few more words where she clearly displays anger.
Trooper Encinia politely asks her to put out her cigarette. This is a common request by officers and is done for the officer?s safety to protect them from being burned, according to law enforcement officers who spoke with Breitbart Texas.
She refuses to comply, so he orders her to step out of the vehicle. She refuses and the situation begins to escalate. She appears to have refused two lawful orders from a police officer at this point.
Case law states that law enforcement officers have the right to remove someone from a vehicle once they have decided to detain the person, according to a trusted law enforcement professional who spoke with this writer.
At this point she begins resisting as the trooper attempts to take her out of the vehicle. She has now moved from getting an inconsequential warning ticket to being arrested for allegedly resisting and refusing a lawful order.
In the photo above (top), Bland is seen being escorted to the curb by Trooper Encinia. He is holding a Taser that is pointed in her direction.
From this point a physical confrontation begins, mostly off-camera and the trooper makes the arrest. Most of this is witnessed by another black, female police officer who arrived to back-up the trooper.
Trooper Encinia alleges that Bland kicked him while he was trying to detain her.
Due to some issues in the video, media outlets questioned whether the video was edited or not. DPS officials confirmed the video was not edited, but there were some ?glitches? in the system. The ?glitches? occurred at about the 25 minute mark in the video, which is well past the point of confrontation. At this point, Bland is handcuffed and has been placed in a patrol car.
Claims of racial profiling have also been made by various news outlets. The stop occurred near the entrance to Prairie View A&M University which is a predominantly black university. The overwhelming demographic of the population in this area is black. Bland clearly ran the stop sign, right in front of the trooper. His immediate U-Turn clearly shows this is the reason for his stop.
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That's exactly it.
People fuck with the po-po, because they think they can get away with it. You know......because the cop has to act 'professional'? Picture this: This woman is in her car, and just some random guy walks up with a gun on his belt and starts barking orders. Do you think she is going to call him a pussy over and over, or do you think she's saying to herself, "I hope this motherfucker doesn't shoot me!"?
This cop was acting like a bully and nothing besides. 2 weeks ago, I was with your team with the teen incident. Unlike most, I operate on a case by case basis.
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this is what I can`t get my head around...anybody that can fog a mirror should know(based on so many recently publicized encounters with police that don`t end well for the citizen) that farting around with a guy with a gun,pepper spray,a nightstick and the authority to use them can be hazardous to one`s well being.....
yet,we seem to see more and more of this stuff.....I hope we aren`t getting to the point where some peeps think it`s worth it to roll the dice and take a chance on scoring a lawsuit against some municipality because they know so many people have an inate hatred of cops(and authority figures in general)........
I`m out...have fun...xcya
edit...I have to slow down.......INNATE !!!!
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Myself and many here that visit this great site, you are a pillar that we have grown to respect and cherish. Please don't tarnish that. :0008
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Everyone sane knows if you are respectful and do what is asked of you when a cop pulls you over for a traffic stop, you probably wont get arrested without cause and will almost never die.
That doesn't mean this cop wasn't totally disrespectful and out of line.
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No doubt. But, you and I carrying ourselves with more class than Bland doesn't give the cop the right to escalate the situation by channeling his inner bully.
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You lost me. Guess I'm having a bad day, too.
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Correct, but in fairness, this cop acted like a bully, but stopped short of killing the rude smoker. She apparently ended her own life days later.
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