The woman was combative and mentally unstable.
In the real world we live in, some thugs have badges.
It messes up our ability to trust all of them because you never know what one you may have to deal with.
And while some may point out every field is like this, almost no other job allows the thug to use deadly force on you and not be liable for it. Or be a trusted witness of the court right off the bat.
I agree with this. It happens, though, to all races, not just blacks.
Ping.
“Stopping and frisking without legal justification was the practice in New York City until 2013...”
A baldfaced lie. Why give any credence to a liar?
I don’t think that there’s much doubt that the cops are far quicker to get the guns out and use them then they used to be.
Have you ever been burned by a cigarette?
It’s SOP that cops tell everyone to put out the cigarette.
When the police are “Baltimorized”, people with smartass, hostile and sometimes racial attitudes begin to act as if they don’t have to comply, can antagonize the officer and act as if they are victims when they are not. They are baiting the officer and whining when the officer does not back down.
Bland was social activist and no stranger to negative contacts with law enforcement, as evidenced by over $7000 dollars in court fines and fees. Any reasonable person could easily imply that she desired confrontation.
Folks from Texas answer this please? If I move from Missouri to Texas how long do I have to get my plates switched to Texas plates?
In Missouri, you have one month. We have a problem with our neighbor to the east, Illinois. They have no personal property tax on vehicles. So people very much like Bland buy cars in Illinois, register them in Illinois to a family member and then drive them in Missouri. I suspect the same for Bland when she moved to Texas, she did have a Texas DL.
How do Texans feel about those the evade the taxes that they, the law abiding Texans pay, the same taxes that pay for the road she was breaking laws on, the same taxes that would have been paying her damn salary working for the “new job” at the university? That should have been paying for the DPS trooper who pulled her over?
No Bland was no heroine. She got high, got mouthy, got arrested and couldn’t deal with the consequences.
Things are tough all over.
We may find this kind of cop thug behavior was exactly what happened in the Waco police massacre of the bikers.
Cops or cop bootlickers have come right out and said the bikers deserved it simply for being there. A routine political action meeting held every other month for the last 20 years. Then have it one time in Waco and they get massacred.
I used to be supportive of the dangerous job the police have but more and more I see they are just as bad as the criminal thugs. Only difference is a badge and a uniform. Different gang. Different name.
Not all of course and probably not even most but enough that it’s impossible to tell who the good ones are.
Most of them are not criminals, but they are commies for big government spending.
Does that attitude you carry with you weigh you down much?
Kaslin, excellent analysis!
POLICE VIDEO OF BLAND ARREST APPEARS EDITED
http://bennorton.com/dashcam-video-of-violent-arrest-of-sandra-bland-was-edited/
There is other questionable police activity in the video, but its meaning can be subject to interpretation...