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method114 said:
KLAMarine said:
whatever said:

That was why I said "Nothing Bland did up until he asked her to get out of the car was in any way an escalation."

There was no reason for the officer to ask her to get out of the car.  None.  It's bad policing, period.  He should at a minimum be fired.

So may I ask you at what moments did Sandra play her role in escalating things further?

I don't know his answer but I would assume it's when she didn't want to get out. I understand cops have the right to legally ask you to get out of the car. My problem is using the law to punish people further because they aren't doing the things you want them to do but have no legal right to force them to do. Cops are constatnly doing this and it's constantly causing issues like this and a ton more. If cops would stop taking things so personally and just do their damn job things would be so much better.

Considering it's mandatory that one exit their vehicle when ordered to do so during a traffic stop, I imagine necessary force can be exercised.

I'm not a lawyer though so I could very well be wrong.