....something.
Initial reporting has a Texas State Trooper pulling over a motorost for an apparent non-signaling of a lane change. Now, before Professor Hyperbole steps in to throw out all sorts of racist accusations for anyone daring to not criticize the officers or not declaring some form of hate crime, let me be the 1st to squlech that thought process in that I have a hunch, as in something doesn't smell right.
We still need far more detail and specifics to engage in sensible conclusions, however initially it appears that this officer was very polite in pulling over a woman, who I actually believe her, when she was claiming she was moving over when she saw the officer behind her. At that point, I would have simply given her a warning, and that would have been the end of it. The officer however decided to giver her a citation, which would legitimately make anyone upset
Now, from there, the problem starts to tread the opposite direction from officer's conduct to the motorist's, when the officer asks her kindly to put out her cigarette, and she refuses. He asks her to step out of the car, and she refuses. At this point, she's in the wrong, even if she were in the right. When an officer gives you a lawful order, you comply. You can huff and pull all you want, but you comply. You can light up another cigarette as soon as you drive away. Well, as she was now resisting, you can imagine things got out of control, and she was arrested.
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Now, if that were the end of this, she brought this on, with her non-compliance, even if she was absolutely telling the truth as to why she changed lanes without signaling. However, we now know that 3 days later, while in police custody, she's been found dead. This could not have been a suicide, and I can't envision how she could have accidentally died. Which leads to 2 other scenarios...homicde by another prisoner, that occurred under the Police's watch. Or worse, homicide by the police themselves, but under what possible motive. Something seriously doesn't smell right