Cop Gets Sued After This Insanely Reckless Act

Update: Mrs. Harper settled her case and forced massive policy reform regarding the Arkansas State Police's use of the PIT Maneuver https://bit.ly/3p6TrgO

I’m sickened they did a pit maneuver on that woman! In Arkansas there are 100s of miles of highway with no shoulder! Slowing down and complying while finding a safe place to stop or a lighted area! Once an Arkansas State Trooper tried to stop me on a pitch black road. I slowed down to about 30mph and turned on my flashers too. I drove another mile until a got to a convenience store that was lighted. He just followed me slowly, wrote me a ticket and never mentioned I drove to a lighted area until he was about to hand me my ticket. He told me to be careful driving to a safe place to pull over. Most police aren’t as patient as he is!!! We’d just had 3 women in our state brutally murdered by a man with a police light on his car.

So the police are just giving out false information about how and when to stop. Saying that you can go till you are safe, but then saying you must stop instantly. What absolute monsters.

Cops are idiots

tells her to get out to start fabricating a story. that vehicle could have had children.

for those wondering, the baby is safe, it was born perfectly fine later on; "the baby is now four months old and doing well."

The cop should have kept his mouth shut afterwards. He’s such a moron. With his constant “this is what we do”, He buried his department and guaranteed her a payout regardless of his qualified immunity.

Couldn't he just follow a bit further and effect a traffic stop closer to the nearest exit to avoid these scenarios? If someone puts on their hazards, slows their speed, that doesn't necessarily mean much but she made her effort to indicate the opposite of speeding up and endangering other drivers to warrant a pit maneuver. Give the driver an opportunity to pull over at the nearest exit so it's safe for all involved. If they don't use the nearest exit, then pit them or assume the driver is evading. Moreover, he isn't a trained medical professional, why would he have her exit the vehicle without EMTs making that assessment? He's a risk to the public especially with 27 years of experience. His response, "This is what we do," that's scary.

Bro she could have had kids in the back, AND SHES PREGNANT?! Shame on this officer for is reckless decision

I guess I’m confused, she was looking for a safe place to stop, doing 84 miles an hour. Do we need people having babies running from the cops like that?

It is amazing how incompetent so many State Police an other Law enforcement officers are, regardless of the Senior Administrations pathetic Cop-Splaining! It is hard to say which is worst! PROVEN BY THE SETTMENT AND THE POLICEY CHANGE!!!!

The trooper has 27 years and has this bad of judgement.

Qualified Immunity really needs to end

I think Ms Harper summed up why this indiscriminate maneuver needs to be reeled in when she said, “what if there had been children in the car? He wouldn’t have even known.”

This.cop should be in jail

He needs to be fired and arrested.

Imagine if he went up to the flipped vehicle and went "license and registration"

Hey ma’am next time don’t worry about these guys safety!

you would think a senior Highway Patrol officer would know the laws in his state. In the Arkansas driving handbook, she clearly did what it said you should do. How does a senior trooper not know the laws. Bill Bryant also seems to not understand what crystal clear is and what the state says in it's handbook. How can people in charge be this stupid?

She'll get some $, and he'll retire (depending upon amount of settlement or order), maybe. Nothing else will be done.

Almost took two lives for 188$ in fines. Think about that

ASP where they PIT first and ask questions later!

Use of a PIT or TVI maneuver should never be authorized when a vehicle is clearly not speeding up or trying to elude.