Independent – by ROSE TROUP BUCHANAN
Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a US police officer smashes a driver’s window in after the man requests to know why he has been unexpectedly pulled over.
The video, posted on YouTube yesterday, records an unidentified driver politely requesting to know why he has been pulled over late at night in Vancouver police district in November.
When he refuses to exit his car, repeatedly asking “Why have you pulled me over,” the situation escalates sharply.
“Open this door. I am not playing this game,” the officer says. “You’re under arrest,” he adds.
“You have to tell me why I am under arrest,” the motorist responds. “Sir, you pulled me over for a motor vehicle violation.”
The officer tells the driver that he is under arrest because he can smell marijuana and warns he will break the window “in two seconds” if he fails to comply.
The video, posted by an individual known only as Bodhi Sattva, has already been viewed thousands of times.
Beneath it, Bodhi Sattva writes: “After smashing my window and physically assaulting and emotionally traumatizing me the officers perform a roadside examination and found that i [sic] was not impaired or under the influence.”
Vancouver police claim that the incident resulted in the driver being charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession for the purposes of trafficking and obstructing a police officer.
As the case is presently being heard in court, CBC News reports that the local force will not discuss the incident.
The Independent should get their facts straight. This was not a U.S. police officer, but the Vancouver PD, that being in Canada. Not that the police in the US are any better. That cop must have gotten his training from the oy vey academy as well.
Now that I think of it. This could have been Vancouver, WA. But I swear I heard a Canadian accent. Sorry if I was mistaken.
You were right. It was Canada. 😉
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-police-officer-smashes-driver-s-window-when-he-refuses-to-step-out-1.3013296
Canada, Deb. This is from the CBC link…
“A B.C. criminal lawyer who specializes in impaired driving says the police violated the driver’s rights by failing, at least in the video, to tell the driver why he was pulled over.”
Thanks Angel and #1!
Too funny, Deb. Angel just aced me on that one. LOL
😆 she’s a quick draw #1! 😉
That, and I’m a slug at typing… 🙄 🙂
Hardly. Hehe
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This is a prime example of why I say that cops are the world’s terrorists. They don’t tell you what you’re being pulled over for, then they add insult to injury by making up lies to fit whatever scenario they desire.
I know! That was the first thing that ticked me off. The freakin cop couldn’t tell him why he was being pulled over, and used ” I smell Mary Jane” as an excuse. I’m sorry, does that cruiser have a super sensor? Freakin cops everywhere are out of control. Breaking that window was over the top! All I can say is, they are in for some serious payback. The more they abuse, the harsher the payback…