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KitSileya

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14. I disagree, but since Bland is dead, we will never see her nail this cop in court.

Reply to Lee-Lee (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 01:13 PM

Jul 2015

Gee, how convenient for him that she died. How convenient for him that the cam video is doctored. How convenient for him that Republicans, other law enforcement officers (present and former) and the media automatically give him the benefit of the doubt, and Bland the suspicion of doubt.

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State trooper who arrested Sandra Bland is �the Donald Trump of traffic cops,� pastor says [View all] DonViejo Jul 2015 OP

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