Sandy Bland questionable arrest leads to mysterious death.

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Hiku said:

I'll check out the video. But you can't arrest someone for not being polite.
It's basically the point TYT were making. Yes, you should bow your head and do everything they say, unfortunitely. Only because there are these crazy cops who will arrest you, beat you up, or kill you for no good reason. But that's not how it's supposed to be. You should be allowed to smoke in your car without being pulled out for refusing.

I almost feel like cars need to come with a camera that films and streams the video for your protection, and that cops have to explain why you are being arreste, to prevent things from going as far as they did here.

You can arrest them for an improper lane change though. In addition, at the beginning of the video, you can see Sandra run a stop sign (1:14, stop sign can be spotted at around 1:28) which seems to have prompted the pursuit to begin with. TYT won't point that out though. You want the truth, watch the raw video, not what TYT chooses to show you.

sundin13 said:
The legality of the whole arrest issue seems extremely wishy-washy, so I doubt that any action will be taken against the officer on that front. As for the individuals, they were both acting irrationally but this story does not really warrant this degree of attention. Unless something can be found to conclude that the death was not a suicide, this is just much ado about nothing...

The officer broke protocol so the department will exercise some degree of disciplinary action, I imagine.

ArchangelMadzz said:

She wasn't polite but she never shouted or hurled abuse at him.

Did you not watch the video?