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[quote=Anonymous]So I watched the video, and I think she was very antagonistic and resisting orders, and I think the cop was awful and unnecessarily escalating the situation. Poor behavior on both sides, and in that situation  I tend to blame the one with more power, training, and responsibility (the cop).

That said, setting aside the tragic ending of this case, what IS an appropriate way for a cop to behave when someone is getting increasingly belligerent, not following orders, inside a car where they can potentially reach for things, etc? Hopefully they would have the skill to de-escalate, but not everyone can be calmed down. Should police just end the interaction if it is below a certain level of seriousness? Seems like that would lead to more belligerence and bad interactions for routine traffic stops. For more serious suspicions, obviously they can't just tell the person to go on their way.

I think Sandra Bland likely was a victim of racism in this interaction. If that led to her death, I don't really have enough information to form an opinion.

But my question is more... so what do we do going forward? How do cops handle situations that are increasing in intensity? I know there is de-escalation training and that seems like an important step, but there are always going to be people who want to escalate the situation no matter what. [/quote]

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