http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/27/1406149/-Fox-News-suggests-Sandra-Bland-could-ve-used-her-lit-cigarette-as-a-weapon-against-police?detail=email
I know. This is Fox News. They say ridiculous shit.
But this segment on Sandra Bland truly crosses the line. In it, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, without cracking a smile, suggests that Officer Brian Encinia may have been physically threatened by the flaming weaponized cigarette being smoked by Bland. Here's the conversation
HASSELBECK: But, what if, I mean, there are times, I'm sure, someone has, in the history of this land, used a cigarette against a police officer, maybe chucked it at him, pushed it at him.
RAFFERTY: Absolutely.
HASSELBECK: If he indeed felt it could be a potential threat, was that the wise thing to do?
it's possible that in the American existence that somebody may have flicked a cigarette in a cops face though that was not mentioned used as a weapon was, but how reasonable is it to assume this cop on a power trip armed to the teeth quick on the trigger was contemplating a cigarette attack and given his violent response of "i'll light you up" implies he was looking for a reason to show her who's the boss.
also for Hasselbeck to come up with it sounds more like scripted instructions then her having some kind of weird epiphany, there was also this, if cigarette was in an ashtray how was it a threat??????????? i also noticed at end of video as tow truck guy pulls off he fails to signal a lane change but was not pursued hmmmm
Then Encinia noticed that Bland had a cigarette in the ashtray and demanded that she put it out.http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2015/07/breaking-new-video-show-texas-state-police-officer-lies-to-dispatch-about-sandra-bland-arrest/
