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Originally Posted by blacksmoke
I had a real problem with the Bland case in Tx the other day. A woman pulled over for failing to use her turn signal ends up in jail for 3 days and kills herself. I only watched part of the footage, but read some of the excertps about how she refused to put out her cigarette and was immediately ordered out of the car by the officer. I would argue that that was an illegal order,since police can only order you out of your car for "their safety", and unlawful imprisonment if that is in fact the case. This is America, we are supposed to be free.
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You might want to watch the whole video and then comment. Plus pay attention to some other aspects of the story.
More than likely she was only going to get a warning, but she decided to argue with the officer who had been polite up until then.
Bland told her mother, “My purpose is to go back to Texas and stop all of the injustices in the South.”
She admitted on the booking form that she had tried to commit suicide in the past.
Motive: To stop all of the injustices in the South.
Opportunity: Being pulled over for a minor infraction and escalating it to an arrest.
Means: Using the seemingly senseless arrest to commit suicide while in custody.
Food for thought.
Pat