THANK YOU!!!!!
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"During a traffic stop, a police officer has the right to ask a driver to get out of the car even for a non-arrestable offense, as a way of securing his own safety. The officer has almost complete discretion and the driver is legally obligated to get out when asked. “He has control over the location of drivers,” Mr. Weisberg said. “It is equal to an officer patting you down to see if you have a gun.”
OKAY, I agree with all of the above^^^^
"In this case, Mr. Weisberg said, there is no evidence that Trooper Encinia feared for his safety. He would have to argue that Ms. Bland’s refusal to put the cigarette out gave him the impression that she was violent. If Trooper Encinia had feared for his safety, he would not have walked away from the car for five minutes, Mr. Weisberg said."
The bolded above is just Weisberg's opinion. He does not know if the officer had suddenly begun to feel something was off with her. Not putting out the cig told him she was not cooperative AND it was possibly being used to mask a smell.
When I showed it to the people that I know in LE, they thought he might have begun to wonder if she was hiding the smell of pot or alcohol and the way she was acting seemed like she might be high. At that point he might have decided to investigate further. Especially because she had out of state plates and Texas is a hub of guns/drug running.
SO the officer might have felt unsafe if he thought she was doing something illegal and was trying to hide it.
The first portion is the most vital information. =During a traffic stop, a police officer has the right to ask a driver to get out of the car even for a non-arrestable offense, as a way of securing his own safety.
The cover up just keeps going on, and on, and on.
