Questions approximately use of force and constitutionality of arrest hinge on moment state trooper Brian Encinia asks Bland to put out her cigarette,experts sayThe dashcam video from the officer who arrested Sandra Bland, a black woman who later died in Texas police custody, and doesn’t prove every aspect of the interaction,but it certainly raises questions approximately whether the level of force used or the basic premise of Bland’s arrest were constitutionally permissible. Several of those questions hinge on one key moment: when state trooper Brian Encinia asks Bland to put out her cigarette. Bland refuses, and suddenly what had been a warning for a traffic violation escalates into a forcible arrest.
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Source: theguardian.com