[aklug] Re: Kodiak woman receives dubious treatment from State Trooper

From: barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net>
Date: Fri May 03 2013 - 18:21:41 AKDT

And although I stand firmly beside Christopher if this video does
reflect the truth, it would have been nice to have seen an OFF TOPIC
in the subject line and possibly move this to a more relevent forum.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Christopher.

Mike B.

Quoting Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>:

> I want to draw some attention to this:
>
> http://youtu.be/D_hCd9uwsng
>
> It appears from the video that a young woman is very badly treated by a
> State Trooper, who pushes her, throws her to the ground, and drags her
> to his vehicle in handcuffs while refusing to clearly explain why she is
> being arrested. (Or reading Miranda rights.)
>
> A Kodiak news article
> <https://kmxtnews2012.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/trooper-arrest-under-investigation-after-viral-video-post/>
> indicates that, when she moved next to him to close the door, he felt
> this was evidence she was about to assault him. From the video, it does
> not look at all as though she is moving to assault him, or anything that
> should make somebody armed and twice her size afraid.
>
> I'm quite certain that I do not have any real idea of how challenging
> and frustrating it must be to do the work of a State Trooper, and I do
> not know how wonderful a citizen the young woman is. But this sort of
> arrest does not seem right.
>
> --
> frigidcode.com
>
>

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