The cop decided otherwise then was hit with a attitude from the driver.
Is it also a Texas custom to run stop signs in front of cop cars?
That may well be what she was doing but it was a legal stop. He was within the law to ask her to put out her cigarette and to get out of the car.
Nothing escalated until she refused those lawful orders.
Please remember, unless something changes, she was driving under the influence and she did kill herself.
The officer had no hand in either case.
The cop decided otherwise then was hit with a attitude from the driver.
If you watch the FULL video closely, you'll start wondering why certain things are happening.
1. A Texas state police officer is on a college campus (a campus which has 21 full-fledged police officers in its own department)
2. This 30-year-old male officer is pulling over young college girls on campus, and giving them "warnings". Whatupwitthat?
3. She blows a stop sign in front of him on campus , but he DOESN'T pull her over for that [I imagine that it's an automatic citation] - he instead zooms up on her tail, acting like he's on his way to a call. When the peasant wench nervously changes lanes to get out of his way, he lights her up for "not signalling a lane change"
4. He breaks the posted campus speed limit of 20 MPH to zoom up on her tail, thus making HIM a law-breaker, also.
5. He chatted up the first young woman he "warned", but when the "chatting-up" goes south with Ms. Bland, he goes all "Confrontation Boy" on her.
6. Again, why is a Texas state police trooper pulling over young women drivers in the jurisdiction of a college campus with its own police force? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...