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Originally Posted by stocktrader23
Was she under arrest? Looked to me like she had free control of her hands until they got pissy that she didn't bow down to their orders about the cell phone. I'll answer my fucking phone whenever I damned well please and so should she. I called my dad once while a cop was threatening me and told him "listen to this stupid fucker". If I were a black lady in the ghetto I would have been arrested but I made it clear that I knew my rights and that he could kiss my ass for trying to order me around like I'm his puppy. What is wrong with you that you think this shit is OK? If he wanted to arrest her he says "You are under arrest", instead he was going apeshit over a phone call. I'd bet $1 that's because he had no cause to arrest her at the time. Fuck him.
Oh, and even if he was 100% justified in making an arrest (he wasn't unless something huge is missing) he still handled it wrong. It's fucking illegal, they just simply don't get held accountable or this craziness would end.
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I can only go off of what is in the video and what I saw in that article posted here. It sounds like she is engaged to a guy they were looking for/investigating and the cop thought it was he that she was talking to and that she would warn him about them so he told her to not use the phone.
I assume she was arrested because in the article it says "the arresting officer," but I don't know if that arrest came from her not putting down the phone or from her resisting arrest.
When you were stopped/dealing with the cops and called your dad what was the situation? If you were involved with someone else they were looking for, they likely wouldn't have just let you talk on the phone for fear that you would be warning/informing them.
I'm not saying cops are perfect. I'm not saying they couldn't have handled this situation better. It is a hard fucking job. Everyone you talk to all day long lies to you and you have to figure out who is right and wrong and arrest those who are really breaking the law. If the police are after your girlfriend/fiance' and they think you are helping to hide her, they aren't going to be sweet and nice to you and just let you talk on the phone. Maybe they will be in the wrong by taking your phone away, maybe they won't be, but they often have seconds to make that decision and act on it.