When they police departments across the nation went t equip their officers with body cameras, I felt it was going to be a savior for many cops and a stake in the heart to the Black Lives Matter movement. And it has.
One Dawn Hilton-Williams went on Facebook Live to rant on how she had been abused by a racist white cop during a traffic stop. She went so thick with her comments that she ran an overdraft of her Race Card.
Here is her video.
And then we have what happened, courtesy of the deputy’s body camera:
We now have a group of people who will have no shame in creating false racial narratives to make themselves famous. They do so with total disregard of what can happen down the road and sometimes hoping that something will happen. I don’t know why. Maybe they want their share of the celebrity status pie and hopefully some cash along with it, I don’t know. But I do know their antics are going to get somebody killed and they are going to claim innocence a bit too late.
Should send that video to Marina Sirtis.
She’d just block you. Empty headed celebrities react to truth like vampires to daylight.
For this to work, police have to understand that the camera has to be on at all times, and never muted. In some past incidents we’ve had cameras not turned on, or muted in mid-action. Those sorts of things should be prohibited by policy, and offenders fired (never mind what any idiot unions might have to say about it).
That’s what’s going on in Chicago. They demanded the cameras then when the cameras were put into place, they attacked the cameras and are trying to find ways around them. There’s been lots of banter about control over when they’re on because ‘all times’ has different meanings to different people. Do they want them on when the cops are in the bathroom? Some people have said ‘Yes’ to that.
Apparently she needed to go to Law School to figure out what I learned in Driver’s Ed, SIGN THE DAMN TICKET. I also like the statement that she was going to get an attorney and fight the ticket. Yeah, the “I didn’t see the sign” defense always works. I’m sure that whoever she gets will appreciate her contribution to his kids college fund.
Nelson Muntz points at her: “HA HA! Busted!!”
Not only created a false narrative about what went down during the stop, she lied about what led up to the stop.
Her: He pulled me over for going 70 in a 65 or 65 in a 70 or some minor difference.
Him: I clocked you going 70 in a 55 zone.
There’s an order of magnitude difference between “70 in a 65” and “70 in a 55”. Driving five over the limit is common, even expected. Driving 15 over the limit — at least 10 faster than other drivers — is a hazard.
He did raise his voice slightly, but only when wind or traffic noise would make it difficult to hear him otherwise. He did say if she didn’t sign he would pull her out and place her under arrest, but I imagine that refusing to sign to acknowledge she received the ticket is about the same as refusing to appear after receiving a valid summons or subpoena … which would also result in arrest — “I didn’t sign it” doesn’t matter much when they have video evidence of you receiving it. Either way, nothing about his tone or (presumably) his demeanor was hostile or threatening; he was quite matter-of-fact and professional. (And that was the quickest and most painless traffic stop I’ve ever seen!)
Also, her voice was level through the whole encounter. If she was in fear of her life like she says, then she’s a better actress than Marina Sirtis … which is a pretty low bar, but still….
Agreed. Driving significantly faster than the flow of traffic can be dangerous.
However I noticed that bulk/average traffic speeds are increasing. Datum or anecdote, I-94 NW of Minneapolis speeds have increased in the last ten years from barely running the 70 mph limit, to 80 mph a few years ago, and are now often almost 85 mph in the fast lane and 80 mph in the slow lane. Cars are smoother and more powerful today, and I often see people obliviously drifting down in speed to 65-70 mph, get passed on the right, and suddenly hammer it back up to 80-85 mph; or the obverse and fly along at 85-90, realize they are speeding and slow to 70-75 mph, as the two-three cars trailing along behind them stand on the brakes.
The fastest lane on a six lane road is still the almost empty far right lane however.