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A police officer in Arkansas flipped a pregnant woman's car on a highway in July 2020, believing she was evading him after speeding. The woman was actually attempting to pull over safely, her lawyer says, in accordance with the state's driving laws. (Image: screenshot)
Police dash cam footage that began to go viral Wednesday has sparked outrage as it showed a state trooper in Arkansas forcing the SUV of a pregnant woman driver--who claims she was was trying to find a safer place to pull over--to crash and roll over during an attempted highway traffic stop in July of last year.
"A person who was obeying the law could have been killed along with her unborn child, all thanks to a veteran police officer not knowing the law he is meant to enforce, or being unable to resist performing a dangerous and unnecessary maneuver." --Erin Marquis, Jalopnik
\u201cA cop flipped over a pregnant woman's car because she didn't pull over quick enough.\n\nNot only is what she did not wrong, it's what you're supposed to do: turning on hazards to indicate you're complying and pulling over at the next safe place to do so...\n\nThis man is still a cop.\u201d— Stephen Ford (@Stephen Ford) 1623219655
"Because I didn't feel it was safe," she responds, to which Dunn replies, "Well, this is where you ended up."
\u201cHoly shit you cannot reform this \u201d— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN) 1623262279
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Police dash cam footage that began to go viral Wednesday has sparked outrage as it showed a state trooper in Arkansas forcing the SUV of a pregnant woman driver--who claims she was was trying to find a safer place to pull over--to crash and roll over during an attempted highway traffic stop in July of last year.
"A person who was obeying the law could have been killed along with her unborn child, all thanks to a veteran police officer not knowing the law he is meant to enforce, or being unable to resist performing a dangerous and unnecessary maneuver." --Erin Marquis, Jalopnik
\u201cA cop flipped over a pregnant woman's car because she didn't pull over quick enough.\n\nNot only is what she did not wrong, it's what you're supposed to do: turning on hazards to indicate you're complying and pulling over at the next safe place to do so...\n\nThis man is still a cop.\u201d— Stephen Ford (@Stephen Ford) 1623219655
"Because I didn't feel it was safe," she responds, to which Dunn replies, "Well, this is where you ended up."
\u201cHoly shit you cannot reform this \u201d— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN) 1623262279
Police dash cam footage that began to go viral Wednesday has sparked outrage as it showed a state trooper in Arkansas forcing the SUV of a pregnant woman driver--who claims she was was trying to find a safer place to pull over--to crash and roll over during an attempted highway traffic stop in July of last year.
"A person who was obeying the law could have been killed along with her unborn child, all thanks to a veteran police officer not knowing the law he is meant to enforce, or being unable to resist performing a dangerous and unnecessary maneuver." --Erin Marquis, Jalopnik
\u201cA cop flipped over a pregnant woman's car because she didn't pull over quick enough.\n\nNot only is what she did not wrong, it's what you're supposed to do: turning on hazards to indicate you're complying and pulling over at the next safe place to do so...\n\nThis man is still a cop.\u201d— Stephen Ford (@Stephen Ford) 1623219655
"Because I didn't feel it was safe," she responds, to which Dunn replies, "Well, this is where you ended up."
\u201cHoly shit you cannot reform this \u201d— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN) 1623262279