First, the cop is on audio saying to the woman while she's in her car (upside down) that she was
"fleeing".
Someone that is fleeing is not going to "slow down", put their flashers on nor pull over carefully to the shoulder.
- That's a cop that lacks common sense and has poor training because any idiot can see that her actions with her vehicle is not someone that's "fleeing".
Further, what the fuck, its a
speeding ticket violation (not a reckless high speed chase) that does
not merit a cop using the "pit maneuver" or whatever its called on her slowing down vehicle with flashers on. Actually, in some states...that's a method that the vehicle operator is signalling to the police they are indeed going to pull over when they can find a safe location to "stop".
- I'm not sure if Arkansas is one of those states. Yet, in my situation, the Arkansas state trooper was very angry that I stopped on the highway with such a narrow shoulder in which he made it clear that I needed to pull over at the next exit.
Regardless, that tactic the cop used is for
high speed chase in which a fleeing vehicle is becoming a danger to others and approaching an area where bystanders can be injured / killed from the high speed chase.
More telling, did you notice the behavior of the police as they walked over to the vehicle that's upside down...
The cop didn't behave as if the person in the vehicle was a threat. He actually "knocks" on her window and ask if she's ok...most likely he didn't even pull out his gun...
its a contradiction to what the cop stated to the women...you were fleeing.
Its a clear use of excessive force and his behavior afterwards while he was talking to her next to her vehicle...he was polite and suddenly concerned about her well being. That's a cop that knew he had fucked up and knew that type of excessive force was not needed.
Seriously, cops that typically use that pit maneuver would have their guns drawn while approaching the vehicle they had just used the pit maneuver on including demanding the person inside to come out with their hands up in the air...
They are not going to politely knock on your window and ask if you're ok.
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