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In reply to the discussion: Sandra Bland dash cam video just released. [View all]tabasco
(22,974 posts)99. Fascist criminal cop is responsible for this entire tragedy
Who can watch this video and think otherwise???
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EXACTLY!!! This is the common theme with these people, escalate then kill a black person !!!
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#14
Per a US Supreme Court decision a police officer can order you out of your car at a traffic stop. n/
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#7
Big chunks of this story still missing and the cop being near irate doesn't fit the narrative that..
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#22
...wonder why that didn't apply to the car before Bland? Seems like she didn't put out the square
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#64
Understood, they can ask but opening the door after asking? Also, why was she under arrest after...
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#24
There has to be probable cause to ask her to get out of the car and BLM is not only about not killin
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#9
No probable cause is necessary to order a driver or passenger out of a car at a traffic stop...
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#19
... understood, why the escalation on his part.. that's been the question from the beginning...
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#20
+1,... so she didn't put out a fuckin cigarette and another Blart Cop gets irate. Still what was the
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#30
"She is oddly irate right from the start. That seems like strange behavior to me, considering how
Brickbat
Jul 2015
#13
wow... so she pulled over to help him out and he pulls her over... wow... jus and now she dead...
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#41
I agree 100% with you, my wow is a cali wow... I agree, she was NOT irate and things only got ...
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#62
She was pretty calm about the cig too, she calmly said no... then he wanted her out of the car...
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#68
I would surmise that merely being involved in Black Lives Matter would preclude being cheerful.
Stardust
Jul 2015
#78
The beginning of the video is STILL not shown!! What was his cause for opening her door and wanting
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#10
Yeap, my opinion too... why escalate?! Why was she handcuffed?! That would make me afraid too !!
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#25
No it is actually before the U-turn. She turns from the parking lot without a signal onto the road
Evergreen Emerald
Jul 2015
#60
No. Watch it again. He specifically says he pulled her over for no signal at the "lane change"
Hassin Bin Sober
Jul 2015
#73
"I'm going to drag you out of here. Get out of the car! I will light you up, get out!"
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#54
Sounds like she suffered a brain injury and died days later after her brain swell up. I don't beleiv
uponit7771
Jul 2015
#57
Well were she not currently dead under extremely questionable circumstances
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2015
#95
Sandra Bland Death: Texas to Look Into Alleged Edits of Dashcam Video
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2015
#82
he actually gets out of the tow truck three times. 1st around 25:05, and then again
fishwax
Jul 2015
#86
Everyone who says disobeying a lawful order makes it her fault makes me sick
CBGLuthier
Jul 2015
#101