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Could be, but the article explicitly said “by the time they got back on the road”, it was over, and that it took 12 minutes.

Could just be an expression of speech. Or not even an accurate quote.

The person pulled over was the brother. I can’t imagine a funeral which wouldn’t wait a few minutes for the brother of the deceased. It is hard to believe none of the 5 had a cell phone and could call and tell what was happening.

Normally cops won't let anyone use a cell phone, even other people in the car. Could have been a large funeral procession to the gravesite and no one noticed family members were missing.

And it’s hard to believe that nobody noticed a car being pulled over out of the procession. As a brother, you wouldn’t have expected him to be in the back. And normally, a person from the funeral home is in the back.

I have no idea what that means about being in the back. If the procession was not controlled by a police escort (and it sounds like it was not) then a large procession can get broken up by traffic. Most drivers have zero respect for funeral processions these days.

We are asking the police officer to forgive a crime because of circumstance, and to fault the officer for the brother missing the burial. But it would have been an easy task for the group to hold up the burial for 12 minutes as well, and they didn’t.

I disagree. it is clear the cop was being a total jackass. The cop could have said, "I'm sorry for your loss and I know you are grieving and didn't think about putting them on. But please put on your seatbelts and drive safely. Thank you."

So I don’t know why the police officer gets all the blame. The brother and his family could have put on their seat belts. The officer may not have known they were in a procession, but the officer could have given them a warning. The funeral director could have noticed the brother missing and waited. The brother could have called and told them to wait. The rest of the family could have noticed him missing and asked to wait.

I disagree with everything you said.

So I don’t know why the officer is the only one being blamed.

What would happen if a passenger refused to identify himself or produce ID? Would they then arrest him? What if he refused to be arrested and fought? Would they then “subdue” him for not wearing a seatbelt?

Ultimately, these JBT deserve to be resisted fully, but it is so much easier to OBEY our “superiors.” Why is it that it is not out of line for the state to decide that they will enforce a seat belt law, a helmet law, a littering or smoking in a bar law, with the threat of deadly force? .....actually, the state is willing to kill you for violating the above laws if pressed hard enough.....and they call those that speak of defending our rights extremists.