Posted: Jul 30, 2015 12:05 pm
Well in light of all the cases of police abuse acting angry or frustrated at a cop is a pretty stupid thing to do no matter how justified said anger or frustration may be.
Again I will say it as I have said it in other police threads. If a cop pulls you over and you are annoyed at it stomachs your annoyance and be polite and courteous and complying unless the cop asks you to do something illegal such as strip, etc.
A cop has all legal authority to get you out of a motor vehicle on the road. If a cop asks you to get out of the car you don't refuse, you ask am I being detained? If not than you ask why am I not free to go? You don't huff and puff. If you get out of the car and the cop arrests you than you immediately request a lawyer (even if you cannot pay) and you remain silent until you get to jail.
Once you talk to your lawyer and are released from jail THAN do you fight. When you go to court you present the evidence that the cop was being unreasonable and belligerent. You present the evidence that you complied with orders even ones as trivial as putting out a cigarette.
While this most certainly doesn't excuse cops from being assholes it does prevent more people from being abused by assholish cops. So was Sandra Bland being unreasonable? No, but her actions were not very wise and she should have known it.
Still the cops fault though.
Again I will say it as I have said it in other police threads. If a cop pulls you over and you are annoyed at it stomachs your annoyance and be polite and courteous and complying unless the cop asks you to do something illegal such as strip, etc.
A cop has all legal authority to get you out of a motor vehicle on the road. If a cop asks you to get out of the car you don't refuse, you ask am I being detained? If not than you ask why am I not free to go? You don't huff and puff. If you get out of the car and the cop arrests you than you immediately request a lawyer (even if you cannot pay) and you remain silent until you get to jail.
Once you talk to your lawyer and are released from jail THAN do you fight. When you go to court you present the evidence that the cop was being unreasonable and belligerent. You present the evidence that you complied with orders even ones as trivial as putting out a cigarette.
While this most certainly doesn't excuse cops from being assholes it does prevent more people from being abused by assholish cops. So was Sandra Bland being unreasonable? No, but her actions were not very wise and she should have known it.
Still the cops fault though.