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[+] -35 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

It would be a shame if someone did some research and found:

"Arellano began placing Hackett under arrest. He said he saw alcohol in the car and learned another trooper had pulled her over days earlier and also found an open container." "Attorney Benjamin Crump is representing Hackett and calling for a use-of-force investigation. Crump said Hackett was booked at 12:51 a.m. on Aug. 2 in Mississippi County jail on five charges: improper display of tags, a restriction on vehicle lamps, no seat belt, purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor and refusal to submit to arrest." "On August 1, Trooper Arellano pulled Hackett over on the highway near Manila, reporting she was going 71 in a 60-mile-per-hour zone." Civil rights lawsuit filed against Arkansas state trooper after traffic stop altercation https://share.google/LUpZOt271jZUBfmnr Arkansas trooper threw teen down and punched her in the face during traffic stop, lawsuit says https://share.google/801x6PoTEu2bXvgnm

So 100% cop may have been able to do this without a body slam.. but it's not like she rolled a stop sign and got body slammed for it.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 hours ago*

    So...

    saw alcohol
    previous open container
    improper display of tags
    a restriction on vehicle lamps
    no seat belt
    purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor
    refusal to submit to arrest
    71 in a 60-mile-per-hour zone

    So she's pulled over for driving 11 over on a highway... which is kind of normal... and may be in possession of alcohol (not open container, not DUI). He likely tossed every non-moving violation he could think of punitively because she dared to "resist" and didn't show the respect he expected.

    Sound like just consequences for driving while black in the USA.

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  • [–] 48 points 20 hours ago

    ...but it's not like she rolled a stop sign and got body slammed for it.

    I'm confused, are you saying it's okay because there's multiple alleged charges against her? I don't see how any of that is relevant to her being body slammed and punched in the face?

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  • [–] 8 points 17 hours ago

    The defense should get away with the arrest being unlawful given what you said. I don't think anyone here thinks she's perfectly innocent, but if you see the video you already know she's being unlawfully assaulted by a jackass of a police officer.

    Even self destructive teens have rights, after all. They're generally victims of an already unjust society.

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