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102. Let Houk sign up for Mars. We need you right here.

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Wed Jul 22, 2015, 06:39 PM

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CNN panel explodes ex-cop says Bland died 'arrogant from - beginning' [View all] laserhaas Jul 2015 OP

I saw that... msrizzo Jul 2015 #1

So "acting arrogant" is now a capital offense? DBoon Jul 2015 #3

Exactly.... msrizzo Jul 2015 #7

Well if "acting arrogant" is a capital offense, there are a lot more cops A Simple Game Jul 2015 #37

Arrogant while black. I think "uppity" is the term. tclambert Jul 2015 #49

Arrogant while black and female.. whathehell Jul 2015 #61

Arrogant while Black, Educated, and Female... NOLALady Jul 2015 #69

And driving a big car. Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #72

I honestly didn't notice what type of car she had whathehell Jul 2015 #79

when driven while black they most certainly can be cop-bait. Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #87

I've heard of all kinds of people being pulled over, whathehell Jul 2015 #89

And a cop was the judge and jury. TNNurse Jul 2015 #40

You took the words out of my mouth. still_one Jul 2015 #52

it's called being in "contempt of cop" 6chars Jul 2015 #54

This is what we are talking about. To a white cop a Black person saying "huh?"will be randys1 Jul 2015 #60

Bingo. "Uppitiness" is right up there with first degree murder. valerief Jul 2015 #104

It's like we need a new Jeff Dunham doll -- I'm a police officer - does as I say - "or I'll kill you laserhaas Jul 2015 #9

They don't have just one defined protocol. Baitball Blogger Jul 2015 #47

Concur. They act as if the public is the enemy. If there were protocol standards ubiquitous laserhaas Jul 2015 #59

They are in cases like this heaven05 Jul 2015 #75

So Harry Houk thinks Sandra Bland died of terminal uppityness. I don't want to be hidden..... marble falls Jul 2015 #2

Luv your sig line and concur, I'm enraged also laserhaas Jul 2015 #11

Worse .... my badge gives me the right to have the last word. One way or another. marble falls Jul 2015 #15

It is so inane... all the officer had to do was say "Ma'am, I'm giving you a warning ticket" laserhaas Jul 2015 #20

Have you noticed, there's been VERY little released about the arresting officer? marble falls Jul 2015 #18

Someone told me he did an interview - but I can't find it - They put him on desk duty laserhaas Jul 2015 #26

all I read was he was a one year newbie, so he probably copied the other department police. Sunlei Jul 2015 #28

She wasn't arrogant.SHE WAS FUCKING SCARED. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2015 #31

You're right. christx30 Jul 2015 #68

Thank you for the phrase that expresses this outrage: "terminal uppityness" Hekate Jul 2015 #65

Let Houk sign up for Mars. We need you right here. marble falls Jul 2015 #102

Fuck you, Harry Houck. You'd better hope the universe is not a just place. DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2015 #4

Hell yes..... daleanime Jul 2015 #5

Heated discussion includes the fact that officer "baited" her into a problematic posturing laserhaas Jul 2015 #6

SOP for cops to bait people. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #16

YUP - that's what he tried to do. He is taped as saying "Not resisting arrest; but assault with" laserhaas Jul 2015 #27

apart from all the other problems with the comments of this racist jerk, sandra bland niyad Jul 2015 #8

Had not yet learned to shuffle the feet and hang the head. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2015 #19

The reason there ARE constitutional rights for civilians is so police forces do not abuse extraordinary powers. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #38

Tell me about it. -- She lived about 50 minutes away from whathehell Jul 2015 #63

and this damned racist bastard and his cohorts will, no doubt, get away with nothing niyad Jul 2015 #106

I doubt that very much, actually whathehell Jul 2015 #113

I hope you are correct, but, jaded and disheartened cynic that I am, I will not hold niyad Jul 2015 #114

Don't want to concur 'niyad' - as moi is most certainly jaded/ disheartened and deep cynic laserhaas Jul 2015 #116

By all means, please do attend. The mother (who is reportedly blind) is starting a charity laserhaas Jul 2015 #115

I am going. For anyone in the Chicago or Western 'burbs whathehell Jul 2015 #124

Did any other DU'rs get time to meet you? laserhaas Jul 2015 #125

No, no one whathehell Jul 2015 #126

Will do better - in promoting the affair - next time. laserhaas Jul 2015 #127

Thank you, Laserhass, whathehell Jul 2015 #128

the cop never said " �Is there something wrong? You seem like you have an attitude.� GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #10

This is the baiting. He sees she is upset and she gives a legitimate response. laserhaas Jul 2015 #30

All the prick had to do kacekwl Jul 2015 #12

Exactly laserhaas Jul 2015 #32

Once I read the transcript I agree. He wanted to jab at her. harun Jul 2015 #117

His job is to keep the peace - not disturb it - even to satisfy personal disdain. laserhaas Jul 2015 #119

Maine state trooper keeps his cool in traffic stop. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #13

this crossed my mind nt Quayblue Jul 2015 #51

Now THAT was a good cop. Very patient with a sad, angry driver. tclambert Jul 2015 #55

A police officer is paid to be patient and not lose his temper. That's one of the things JDPriestly Jul 2015 #123

The country was completely different 23 years ago. roamer65 Jul 2015 #130

Love this video Marrah_G Jul 2015 #131

What is the first thing a cop says when they pull someone over? STAY IN YOUR CAR secondwind Jul 2015 #14

Harry Houck has some screwed up thinking. democrank Jul 2015 #17

YUP.... the cop is clearly the guy "instigating" - instead of "mitigating" laserhaas Jul 2015 #34

It just got a lot tougher being black in Texas - those are the attitudes that brought this country jtuck004 Jul 2015 #21

"would not have died in police custody if she had not been �arrogant from the very begining" Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #22

If arrogance was illegal, The Donald would never see the light of day again . . .n/t annabanana Jul 2015 #23

Ha Ha (you should edit an put the whole thing in the Subject space) laserhaas Jul 2015 #48

that guy is always defending thug cops JI7 Jul 2015 #24

"My purpose is to go back to Texas to stop all the social injustices in the South". (Sandra Bland) Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #25

WOW= wonder if the cop ran her name and was aware of this laserhaas Jul 2015 #35

Sandra Bland was a black human rights activist, maybe not famous, but in her heart. Going to Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #41

I wonder how many black folk this racist with a gun buried, alive or otherwise, in the system during jtuck004 Jul 2015 #29

Cop was to blame dem in texas Jul 2015 #33

Can't find fault with your conclusion laserhaas Jul 2015 #36

I haven't seen mention of this here, but... Plucketeer Jul 2015 #96

Good questions. In the (now redacted video) he said to his supervisors laserhaas Jul 2015 #98

Okay, so what...? She deserves death for heresy? closeupready Jul 2015 #39

Harry Houck's been at this for a while. CNN knew what it was doing putting him on air! Anansi1171 Jul 2015 #42

CNN knew exactly what it was doing....CNN is being run by some messed up folks. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #43

That guy is horrible. DashOneBravo Jul 2015 #56

Harry Houck is a authoritarian apologist. blackspade Jul 2015 #44

What does that make CNN who know all about that, bring him on TV as an authority, and pay him? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #45

A bunch of slanted establishment hacks. blackspade Jul 2015 #50

How many times a day do any of us encounter someone WHEN CRABS ROAR Jul 2015 #46

If they pulled over ANY parties not using their turn signals, in SoCal, the world would halt. laserhaas Jul 2015 #58

I know SoCal well, I was in San Diego. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jul 2015 #62

I'm from Houston cannabis_flower Jul 2015 #110

you hit the nail on the head laserhaas Jul 2015 #112

Houck is a thug. Dawson Leery Jul 2015 #53

She was trying to do the right thing and get out of the way of the cop and got killed for it. PatrickforO Jul 2015 #57

At least he's out in the open with it... Blue_Tires Jul 2015 #64

You don't have to put out your cigarette. murielm99 Jul 2015 #66

This cop should be fired IMMEDIATELY n/t cosmicone Jul 2015 #74

1000 times yes!! 7wo7rees Jul 2015 #111

EVERYBODY has to kowtow when stopped by cops, but when blacks don't do it... yurbud Jul 2015 #67

that shows the arrogance of cops - no sorrow for the dead person at all samsingh Jul 2015 #70

it went horribly wrong because of assholes like this cop samsingh Jul 2015 #71

Arrogant While Black awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #73

Now they have yanked down the Texas Dept. of Public Safety video laserhaas Jul 2015 #76

The guy was lying when he claimed the cop was giving her a summons. Kingofalldems Jul 2015 #77

There's a significant element in law enforcement The Wizard Jul 2015 #78

If it's glitched, they glitched it. Nazi filth. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #80

Harry HFouck is a thug living in retirement of the taxpayers dime. what a bonniebgood Jul 2015 #81

Yessuh, Nossuh matt819 Jul 2015 #82

another DU person pointed out, the police photo of the jail cell had the trash bag still in the can. Sunlei Jul 2015 #83

It all wreaks - SO MUCH - of fruk touch'ry laserhaas Jul 2015 #90

My THEORY. Just a theory is that he was following her too closely and she pulled over JDPriestly Jul 2015 #84

She told him that she pulled over (without signaling) to get out of his way. PSPS Jul 2015 #86

Nope -- have to see film copies (as Texas Safety redacted original) laserhaas Jul 2015 #91

In the video he makes a u-turn right after he passes her car csziggy Jul 2015 #118

You must have seen a different tape.. laserhaas Jul 2015 #120

no, it's the same one reorg Jul 2015 #121

Watch the first two minutes of this video csziggy Jul 2015 #122

Contempt of cop is a capital offense. PSPS Jul 2015 #85

Apparently. laserhaas Jul 2015 #93

Well, that depends ... Scuba Jul 2015 #95

apparently... another video showed this cop giving a warning ticket to someone laserhaas Jul 2015 #97

I just posted it marym625 Jul 2015 #88

CNN had to put that former cop on to sadoldgirl Jul 2015 #92

"NOTE: Arresting officer has been placed on desk job - for violating protocol." Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #94

ha ha...such tools laserhaas Jul 2015 #99

Arrogant? Very telling choice of words. Chemisse Jul 2015 #100

If "arrogance" was a crime I would have spent my life in prison. beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #101

this is why CNN should be condemned for churning up hate olddots Jul 2015 #103

"arrogant" and "suicide" seem sort of incompatible Warren DeMontague Jul 2015 #105

Yes. Knowing that she was in the right, she was probably looking forward to having her day GoneFishin Jul 2015 #108

suicide(d)...is mire likely the case laserhaas Jul 2015 #109

WTF!!! nt 7wo7rees Jul 2015 #107

Remind me when a law was passed that allows police to murder 'arrogant' people? Matariki Jul 2015 #129