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CNN contributor and former NYPD detective Harry Houck argued on Tuesday that a Texas woman would not have died in police custody if she had not been arrogant from the very beginning.
Disturbing dashcam video released on Tuesday shows a Texas trooper pulling Sandra Bland over for failure to signal, but the incident quickly escalates when she refuses to put out a lit cigarette, prompting the officer to remove her from the vehicle. The 28-year-old black woman was found dead in a county jail cell three days later under suspicious circumstances.
An officer does have the choice to bring anyone out of the vehicle when he stops them for his own safety, Houck told CNNs Don Lemon on Tuesday. The whole thing here is that she was very arrogant from the beginning, very dismissive of the officer, alright?
CNN political contributor Marc Lamont Hill pointed out that Bland did not have a legal responsibility to kiss the officers butt.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/cnn-panel-explodes-after-ex-cop-says-sandra-bland-died-because-she-was-arrogant-from-the-beginning/