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Lee-Lee

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9. I've posted several times before why I never allowed anyone to smoke.
Wed Jul 22, 2015, 12:46 PM
Jul 2015

In a traffic stop or other encounter cops will watch your hands closely to ensure you don't grab a weapon. Smoking produces constant up-down movement that makes it harder.

If the need to arrest arises the lit cigarette becomes an injury hazard for both the officer and arrestee, as well as a fire hazard if dropped.

A cop, just like any other worker anywhere, has a right to do their job without unessecsry exposure to secondhand smoke.

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I'm sure that pastor means well, but to me that is trivializing cwydro Jul 2015 #1
And by spreading bad info about what ones rights are during a stop Lee-Lee Jul 2015 #2
Bullshit! BillZBubb Jul 2015 #4
You need to read Rodriguez vs United States. KitSileya Jul 2015 #6
No, that doesn't come close to the standard in Rodriuez Lee-Lee Jul 2015 #7
I disagree, but since Bland is dead, we will never see her nail this cop in court. KitSileya Jul 2015 #14
There are laws... Ino Jul 2015 #22
No, your rights to not disappear when a police officer tells you to do something. jeff47 Jul 2015 #8
I've posted several times before why I never allowed anyone to smoke. Lee-Lee Jul 2015 #9
Then why did the cop wait until late in the stop to demand she stop smoking? jeff47 Jul 2015 #10
Do we even know that she was smoking then? Lee-Lee Jul 2015 #11
Do we even know she wasn't smoking then? jeff47 Jul 2015 #12
Innocence from what? Your making shit up Lee-Lee Jul 2015 #13
Making shit up like "she must have lit the cigarette" when you have zero evidence she did? jeff47 Jul 2015 #15
Go back and read Lee-Lee Jul 2015 #16
Adding the qualifier and then writing as if it is not present jeff47 Jul 2015 #18
The presumption was yours. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2015 #20
Yes, rights evaporate when a police officer tells you to do something. jeff47 Jul 2015 #21
There are some requests that I don't have a right to refuse. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2015 #24
Thank you libodem Jul 2015 #3
Trump is a buffoon. That cop is something much worse. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #5
He went over the cliff before Bland refused his order to put out a cigarette. Snotcicles Jul 2015 #17
From what I've heard the method of pulling up behind motorists quickly, is to get them to Snotcicles Jul 2015 #19
^^^ this, exactly ^^^ (nt) Ino Jul 2015 #23
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