Cops in the trump Era

[tomhagen]

[MiniMe]

1. I don't understand why they pulled him over

And how many people were in the car? Seems like there were 3 people. But the other 2 did nothing wrong that you could see from this tape.

[Kurt V.]

2. cops in any era.

[MrScorpio]

3. Driving while black is reasonable suspicion obviously

[Trust Buster]

4. The police were totally justified IMO.

It is common policy that the first thing an officer must do upon stopping anyone is to ask for their license for identification. Even the female passenger told the driver to show the officer his license. The driver created the whole problem here.

[pazzyanne]

5. Couldn't disagree more.

The driver had a right to know why he was pulled over. I've had a few traffic stops and have always been told why before handing over my license. This makes no sense to me.

[kacekwl]

7. All he had to do was tell him why he was pulled over.

There was no reason to pull him over . Cop was fishing , figured he might find something on this guy.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. If I'm pulled over, I know well enough not to argue, I give them my license and registration

And I'm a middle aged blonde female, makes no difference. I know enough not to exacerbate the situation. And I've been pulled over for taking the wrong exit out of a gas station (didn't see the sign) and once I was stopped on my way home by two cop cars at once because I didn't realize that one of my headlights had gone out. I didn't get a ticket either time, I just say as little as possible and hope for the best.

[aeromanKC]

6. Show me your papers.

This was nothing more than a profiled show me your papers stop. Should be illegal if it isn't already!!

[rwsanders]

8. Starts with minorities, it will happen to all of us soon.