Thursday, May 13, 2021

Va. State Police case of resisting arrest, reckless driving is thrown out when prosecutors see video - The Washington Post

…."This traffic stop," said Claire Gastañaga, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, "is a perfect illustration of why the General Assembly made it illegal for police to do a traffic stop for no taillights as a primary offense as of March 1, five days before this stop took place. The trooper unnecessarily escalated this situation in a circumstance in which a contributing factor clearly was the trooper's own failure to show any empathy for why a Black woman might be afraid to stop for police late at night."…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/05/10/virginia-trooper-arrest-video/


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