Sandy Bland questionable arrest leads to mysterious death.

[KLAMarine]

sundin13 said:

KLAMarine said:

Pretty much this. When a cop pulls you over, you gotta follow their orders otherwise they can press further charges on you.

I should point out I'm not a legal expert though but that's what I'm getting out of articles like this one: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sandra-bland-arrest-experts-20150722-story.html#page=1

I have a question, hopefully you can answer it: when Sandra is asking Trooper Brian why she's being taken to jail or why she's being taken out of her car, is he obligated to answer? I've tried looking for an answer online unsuccessfully.

From what I've gathered, there is no Federal Rule that requires the police to say why you are being arrested but there, on rare occasion, seems to be rules in certain areas

http://volokh.com/2012/09/26/no-the-officer-doesnt-have-to-tell-you-why-he-is-arresting-you/

Ah, I see. Thank you. Just found this one as well. It's a blog though so not sure how correct it might be.

http://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2013/10/do-police-have-to-inform-you-of-your-charges.html

In the video, Sandra regularly questions Trooper Brian and I was wondering if he was obligated to answer. He first informs her she was under arrest at around 10:05. She starts to ask why she was under arrest. Apparently he didn't have to answer that.