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Master of the Meh
The officer never told the driver he was under arrest, never told him he was being detained.
The victim certainly wasn't very cooperative, but the officer failed in many ways.
As soon as that bottle was produced, that should have been a very different scenario.
Felony evasion doesn't play in here. He stopped for the initial contact. After doing so, the lack of a formal arrest or detention notification meant he was free to go until lawfully instructed otherwise.
The officer had lawful suspicion to detain. Rather than affecting a detention, he continued to fish for more incriminating statements or evidence. He played a game that is very common... let the suspect incriminate themselves BEFORE Miranda rights are explained or invoked.
The entire encounter was mishandled by the officer.
No one, would object to a lawful stop followed by a lawful arrest for DWL, DUI, etc, or even an open container infraction.
This officer failed miserably to properly conduct what should have been a routine stop.
I'm usually in lockstep with Flamencology on issues like this, but to put it all on racism while marginallizing the "us vs them" factor is far too optimistic and Utopian.
Racism is a massive part of the issue. However, it is just one facet of a much broader and far more sinister reality. Law enforcement as a whole, fosters this us vs them mentality by maintaining the brotherhood in blue. They see themselves as above the citizenry and above the law. I could quite literally write a book on this topic (and someday, I probably will).
As someone who lost a sibling at the hands of an out of control police officer, whose "brothers" did all they could to cover up and make excuses for, I can assure you that racism wasn't an issue in her case at all.
As someone with a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice, and a few decades of research, I can tell you that there is ZERO doubt that it is in fact, us vs them.
The victim certainly wasn't very cooperative, but the officer failed in many ways.
As soon as that bottle was produced, that should have been a very different scenario.
Felony evasion doesn't play in here. He stopped for the initial contact. After doing so, the lack of a formal arrest or detention notification meant he was free to go until lawfully instructed otherwise.
The officer had lawful suspicion to detain. Rather than affecting a detention, he continued to fish for more incriminating statements or evidence. He played a game that is very common... let the suspect incriminate themselves BEFORE Miranda rights are explained or invoked.
The entire encounter was mishandled by the officer.
No one, would object to a lawful stop followed by a lawful arrest for DWL, DUI, etc, or even an open container infraction.
This officer failed miserably to properly conduct what should have been a routine stop.
I'm usually in lockstep with Flamencology on issues like this, but to put it all on racism while marginallizing the "us vs them" factor is far too optimistic and Utopian.
Racism is a massive part of the issue. However, it is just one facet of a much broader and far more sinister reality. Law enforcement as a whole, fosters this us vs them mentality by maintaining the brotherhood in blue. They see themselves as above the citizenry and above the law. I could quite literally write a book on this topic (and someday, I probably will).
As someone who lost a sibling at the hands of an out of control police officer, whose "brothers" did all they could to cover up and make excuses for, I can assure you that racism wasn't an issue in her case at all.
As someone with a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice, and a few decades of research, I can tell you that there is ZERO doubt that it is in fact, us vs them.
