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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are cops supposed to pepper spray everyone they pull over for tag/window/traffic violations? Did the cop who pepper sprayed the Army LT have any history of using the same approach on white people he has pulled over? I don't think so.[/quote]

But we don’t know, do we?

I have been pulled over myself.  And what I have not done is be argumentative.  Nor have I had the mental wherewithal to video the interaction.   I feel too intimidated.   I am not excusing the cop’s actions - I am trying to understand the escalation. [/quote]

Exactly.  If a white person took 2 minutes to pull over and didn't comply for this long (notwithstanding the legitimacy of this guy's reasons for doing so), I'm pretty sure the cops would get rough.  [/quote]

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I don't know their dept policy on the use of pepper spray, but they were in a weird situation. Obviously guns weren't giving them the desired result and he refused to obey MANY verbal commands to exit the vehicle. Basically, he was passively resisting the officers. So the other option would be to go hands on with someone who is a decent sized guy and unlikely to comply. As a police officer carrying a gun, you always want to avoid wrestling with people because it's not that hard for someone to take your gun. The cops also looked bad because it shouldn't have been a felony stop and the one cop was kind of unhinged. But people are worked up about this video because they are pushing their little agenda. Nobody would care about this video if the cop was black and suspect was white.[/quote]

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