Is that how desensitised we've become on this forum, that a hot ticket issue like this doesn't even warrant a thread?
I just watched footage of the arrest from CNN. There's no way it was a lawful arrest. The officer was asked on numerous occasions on what grounds was he arresting her, he just got angrier and angrier then threatened her with the taser.
I can see nothing that Bland did that was in any way wrong, it is not illegal to smoke in your car, an officer is not legally entitled to arrest someone for refusing to put a cigarette out.
Even if we find out she did commit suicide, the elephant in the room is that there is no way she should ever have been in a cell in the first place. How can you be "resisting" arrest when you are being arrested without any cause whatsoever? Talking back to a cop and insisting that your rights be respected is not a crime.
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I ruefully await the cop apologists to rationalise why this person is responsible for escalating a simple traffic infringement and deserves to be dead for daring to exercise her lawful rights.
I just watched footage of the arrest from CNN. There's no way it was a lawful arrest. The officer was asked on numerous occasions on what grounds was he arresting her, he just got angrier and angrier then threatened her with the taser.
I can see nothing that Bland did that was in any way wrong, it is not illegal to smoke in your car, an officer is not legally entitled to arrest someone for refusing to put a cigarette out.
Even if we find out she did commit suicide, the elephant in the room is that there is no way she should ever have been in a cell in the first place. How can you be "resisting" arrest when you are being arrested without any cause whatsoever? Talking back to a cop and insisting that your rights be respected is not a crime.
http://ift.tt/1LJLbtv
I ruefully await the cop apologists to rationalise why this person is responsible for escalating a simple traffic infringement and deserves to be dead for daring to exercise her lawful rights.
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