An Arkansas state trooper who slammed an 18-year-old woman to the ground and punched her in the face during a traffic stop is now facing public outcry and calls for an investigation over his use of force.
An Arkansas state trooper who slammed an 18-year-old woman to the ground and punched her in the face during a traffic stop is now facing public outcry and calls for an investigation over his use of force.
“improper use of hazard lights” What a joke here in Arkansas. Weekly I see dozens of fools driving down the road with their hazard lights on. The only legal use of them is when you are stopped or if you represent a hazard. You can’t convince them its not legal to run down the highway with them on. They read all about it on facebook.
https://tzdarkansas.org/learn-the-law-19/
So I wonder if the lady had them on driving or this guy cited her because she used them legally but he didn’t think it applied in that case.
Not that any of this justifies him punching her.
It’s wild how many drivers put their hazards on while driving through a school zone with the school zone sign lit. Unnecessary and illegal. Even more wild is how often school bus drivers do it and then continue driving the normal speed, way above the 15 mph of the school zone limit. It’s such a problem that during my school bus driver classroom training I got yelled at for it, even though I’ve never done it and wasn’t even driving a school bus yet.
Shit, I use my hazards all the time… Traffic up ahead is stopped I’m hitting my hazards so the person behind me knows something is up. Another car stuck on the side of the road and I can’t get over; slowdown + hazards. Geese crossing the road, believe it or not, hazards.
My ass is going to jail I guess, being a hardened criminal and all.
No, it’s appropriate and legal to use your hazards when you’re going at least 10-15 mph slower than the posted speed limit. The problem with school zones is that 15 mph is the posted speed limit when the sign is lit, so there’s no reason to have your hazards on there unless you’re going 2 mph.
It’s racial profiling pure and simple.
The picture makes me think he felt his loins stirring and was sure he could get away with stopping her for no reason, and then some, because … she’s black.
For real. I Uber in central AR and I run across at least 2 a day driving around with their hazards on. I also witness people run red lights in front of cops and see them do jack shit.