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A video of a Vancouver police sergeant, who smashed a motorist’s window, has raised questions about the rights drivers have when they are pulled over by police. The testy exchange caught on video shows the unidentified driver opening his window just a crack and infuriating the police officer by not stepping out of the vehicle when he was told to do so. Instead, the driver repeatedly asked the police officer for an explanation for why he was pulled over. “Hit the brakes, you moron,” the police officer says. “Sir, why have you pulled me over?” the unidentified driver replies. The police officer says in the video that he can smell marijuana and warns the driver he will smash the window if he does not comply. “I’m gonna break the window now in two seconds,” the officer says, right before breaking the window. The mystery motorist, who calls himself Bodhi Sattva on YouTube, posted that he was physically assaulted and traumatized by the arrest and was found not to be impaired. He did not respond to CBC’s request for comment. According to the Vancouver police, the incident — which happened in November — resulted in the driver being charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession for the purposes of trafficking and obstructing a police officer.
What do you think? Did the officer have reasonable cause for his actions? Could he have handled it better?
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That's the most common way a cop gets to violate your rights when you refuse. I smell from my training and knowledge blah blah..... Not no more pigs! You can smell all you want. You gotta see. And my marijuana air freshener smells like killer! Please search my car. Make me rich. You cops aren't the only ones who can set someone up!
ReplyDeleteI would have shot the a$$ driver.
ReplyDeleteYour a murdering ass cop! Here it is lewis and Duncan ! I would've ....99% chance this person is one of yours! Just like you shot and killed that boy a month ago because he ran right!
DeleteCops like that have no rules. To them, the end always justifies the means. That's why there are so many unarmed citizens that are shot by police. Some of those shootings are justified, but most are the result of cops "having their way". There ARE bad cops....and as more and more of them are being recorded abusing citizens, the public is finally witnessing what has been going on, and getting worse, for years.
ReplyDeleteAnd, of course, cops are trying to get laws passed making it illegal to record them "doing their duties". Figures, right?
Cops are exceeding their authority, with more firepower than ever before. They need to be reigned in. They are no longer keeping us safe. They are just as likely to be the danger to the public now.
He did exactly what he should have done. Good job..
ReplyDeleteIf your not guilty you have nothing to fear Libs.
Excellent work officer!
ReplyDeleteI'll shoot a cop for that! I have a right to fight police against tyrant behavior. That with all means ! Federal law trumps local Leos!
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