The traffic stop came at the end of a pursuit in which one of the three passengers jumped from the car and fled on foot. The suspect was armed and carrying drugs.
Other people were ordered inside and they complied. Gibson refused that lawful order and the jury convicted her.
How is it lawful to order people about on their own property?
I don't see the relevancy. It was in front of her house. If it were in front of my house, I would be out there looking to see what was happening. The cop should have been more concerend about catching his druggie than harrassing an onlooker.
Other people were ordered inside and they complied.
Sheep.........
Gibson refused that lawful order and the jury convicted her.
IMO- the jury consisted of sheep also.
It was not a jury trial. Get your facts straight first.
The second point is, the audio of Gibson's video proves she complied with the officer's order within 10 seconds, entering her house.
Third, the officer entered her house to arrest her.
Fourth, the local paper editorial could not figure out why the police singled Ms. Gibson out, given there were other bystanders around. Most believe it was because she was videoing the incident.
“Lawful Order”? If a cop tells you to do something that goes against your Constitutional freedoms how is that a “lawful order”?
My first inclination is to ask what boot polish tastes like.
I think I’m gonna go with that.
>The traffic stop came at the end of a pursuit in which one of the three passengers jumped from the car and fled on foot. The suspect was armed and carrying drugs.
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>Other people were ordered inside and they complied. Gibson refused that lawful order and the jury convicted her.
Question: Why was the order lawful?
Question: She was on her own property which, presumably was free of any connection to the passenger who fled... further, if the fugitive *were* on her property wouldn’t the police’s order be for her (and other innocents) to come out so they could go into a situation where there would be no innocent bystanders to get hurt?
Question: The police were called once, and told that I was “waving a gun around” on my own property [it was untrue, I wasn’t even at my house when the call went in]; they came onto the property with guns drawn and were looking-into/snooping around a neighbor’s vehicle and when the neighbor confronted them they a)refused to give their names and b)told her to get inside — Was that a ‘lawful order’?