Traffic Stop

I watched the first 3 minutes and I didn't see any big problem with what the police officer did. She was asked to step back in the car. She was hesitant and began with excuses why not to. Then the officer saw she was lying (had no wallet to go to the store) and he became suspicious.

He asked for driver license several times and she argued and didn't comply. He then tells her to get out of the car, and she resisted.

BTW, this is actually how majority of these so-called abuse cases. They don't comply with lawful orders and resits arrest, and then complain the cop uses force.

Why did we need the background sob story building up to this? Totally useless for this story. and where was the cop interview?

There are definitely unjustified abuses, but from what I have seen they are rare.

So a cop does a traffic stop, lady does not follow directions and fights them the whole time and we have a documentary about her? She was in the wrong and the officer was doing their job. This is trying to get people riled up about something that didn't happen in this case. And she needs to stop referring to herself in the 3rd person.

While the producers of Traffic Stop tried to use this incident to show the police as evil and the arrested black woman as unjustly mistreated, watching the actual dash cam video from the police cruiser, one can clearly see the woman refusing to follow instructions and then resisting arrest for no good reason. She wasn't mistreated. All she had to do was follow the lawful instructions of the police officer and she would have been sited for a traffic violation and then on her way. What happened to her was her own doing and no documentary filler of her teaching school or going to church will change that. However, it is also apparent that the officer quickly lost patience with the woman who was refusing to cooperate.

It was interesting that her probing dialog with the transportation officer taking her to jail seemed designed to gather material for the documentary. Her actions from start to finish weren't normal and after the arrest almost seemed calculated. Was this planned in advance or just a spur of the moment decision to get something on the police. Whatever the reason, the documentary comes off as one-sided and transparent. Not worthy of your time. How did it ever get nominated for an Oscar? Oh, right. It's Hollywood were no anti-social behavior goes unrewarded.

In every state in the US, and in every country in the world, you have to produce a drivers licence if behind the wheel of a car and stopped by law enforcement on a public road. Refusing to produce one based on lack of a warrant means you are nothing ore than an idiot and do not know what a warrant is.

If I got stopped by a cop.. I would do what he says!!

If she would of done what he asked her.. she would of been home with maybe a ticket for speeding!!!

She fought him!

She was strong & squirrely.. I was surprised!!

No matter if ur white, brown, black, green or red.

You do what a police officer asks.

Show ur DL & Registration!

She was in the wrong!

Straight up!!!