A partial transcript, from ABC News....
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/transcript-traffic-stop-sandra-bland-arrested-32617883
TROOPER: “You OK?”
BLAND: “I’m waiting on you. This is your job. I’m waiting on you. What do you want me to do?”
TROOPER: “You seem very irritated.”
BLAND: “I am. I really am. Because of what I’ve been stopped and am getting a ticket for. I’ve been getting out of the way. You’ve been speeding up, so I move over and you stop me. So yeah, I am a little irritated. But that didn’t stop you from giving me a ticket.”
TROOPER: “Are you done?”
BLAND: “You asked me what was wrong and I told you. So now I’m done, yeah.”
TROOPER: “OK, OK.”
(Pause)
TROOPER: “Do you mind putting out your cigarette, please?”
BLAND: “I’m in my car. Why do I have to put out my cigarette?”
TROOPER: “Well, you can step out now.”
BLAND: “I don’t have to step on out.”
TROOPER: “Step out of the car.”
(He opens the driver’s side door.)
BLAND: “No, you don’t have the right.”
TROOPER: “Step out of the car!”
BLAND: “You don’t have the right to do that.”
TROOPER: “I do have the right. Now step out or I’ll remove you.”
BLAND: “I am getting removed for failure to signal?”
TROOPER: “Step out or I’ll remove you. I’m giving you a lawful order. Get out of the car now or I’m going to remove you.”
BLAND: “I’m calling my lawyer.”
TROOPER: “I’m going to yank you out of here.”
BLAND: “OK, you’re going to yank me out of the car?”
TROOPER: “Get out!” (reaching into the car)
BLAND: “Don’t touch me!”
TROOPER: “Get out of the car!”
BLAND: “Don’t touch me. I am not under arrest. You don’t have the right to touch me.”
TROOPER: “You are under arrest.”
BLAND: “I’m under arrest for what?”
(Trooper radios for backup.)
TROOPER: “Get out of the car! Get out of the car now!”
BLAND: “Am I being apprehended? Did you try to give me a ticket?”
TROOPER: “Get out of the car!”
BLAND: “Why am I being apprehended? You done opened my car door. So you’re going to drag me out of my own car?”
TROOPER: “Get out of the car! I will light you up! Get out!”
BLAND: (Stepping out, holding phone) “Wow. Wow. You’re doing all this for a failure to signal?”
TROOPER: “Get over there!” (Directing her to the side of the road)
BLAND: “Right. Yeah, let’s take this to court.”
TROOPER: “Get off the phone!”
BLAND: “I’m off the phone. I’m making a record.”
TROOPER: “Put the phone down.”
(Now off-camera)
BLAND: “Are you feeling good about yourself? Are you feeling good about yourself? For a failure to signal, you’re feeling good about yourself.”
TROOPER: “Turn around. Turn around now! Put your hands behind your back and turn around now!”
And here is the money quote that disproves the suspicion crap and other BS and shows the cop was power tripping:
TROOPER: “Do you mind putting out your cigarette, please?”
BLAND: “I’m in my car. Why do I have to put out my cigarette?”
TROOPER: “Well, you can step out now.”
And there you have it....until she questioned putting her cigarette out...she was going to get a warning....after questioning a REQUEST to put her cigarette out...she was going to get a lesson.
Thanks for posting that...it totally makes my point.
Thanks for the transcript of the incident. I was thinking it probably went like that.
I have never had an encounter like that with the police, even when they were giving me a ticket.
My take? Her fault. She could have skated with a warning if she had been minimally civil.