Traffic Stop

2017 "A Routine Encounter Takes A Bad Turn"
Traffic Stop
5.5| 0h31m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 14 November 2017 Released
Producted By: Q-Ball Productions
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/traffic-stop
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Breaion King, a 26 year-old African-American school teacher from Austin, Texas - is pulled over for a routine traffic stop that escalates into a violent arrest. Dashcam clips intercut with verite scenes tell a story of racism in law enforcement through the eyes of one of its victims.

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NickyCee I just saw the film. Most of the important things about this "documentary" have already been said. Biased isn't the word. It's just a one-side opinion piece. Now how about this idea? How about when you get pulled over by a cop, you fully understand that the cop has a chip on his shoulder. He is probably not smart enough to do much else in life and probably got beat up on the playground. Now it's HIS time to be in power. So with this in mind, how about this idea? How about you do everything the cop tells you to do exactly as he tells you to do it knowing that if you touch the chip on his shoulder, it will not go well for you. I knew this as a white suburban boy at 10 years old. I've been pulled over many times and so have my black friends. **They do as they are told and there is never a problem.**Bottom line: This lady brought 100% of these problems on herself. If she had done what she was told, she would be fine. I have zero idea how this lightweight opinion film was nominated for an Oscar.
ijschneider Joethemnmovieman.com said, "..Traffic Stop is another film about injustice designed to make your blood boil." but what made my blood boil was that I wasted 30min of my life watching what would happen to anyone who doesn't follow the instructions of a Peace Officer. Injustice does occur, yet this wasn't it. I'm quite astonished that all the Profession Critics are trembling out their praises. A better documentary would be "how political correctness warps our cognitive reality". "What am I supposed to learn from this?" She asks herself..how about, "Listen to instructions."? I hope she teaches her students that thinking and acting for yourself is not in their best interest if their directly disobeying instructions from a Peace Officer. Had she put her feet in, and closed the door, and was then attacked by the cop...boom, lawsuit heaven... but she messed up, and she's going to eat the legal fees.
saramgia 1. Don't be confrontational with police officers. I'm white. My parents taught me to not be confrontational with police officers. 2. The police officer did exactly what he needed to do. He did not use excessive force. Lying about that throughout the video does not make the lie true. 3. That black woman defamed the arresting officer. The incident is on tape. 4. I wonder what her motivation for initiating a violent incident was. Was she planning to sue the county? Did she want to be the subject of a faux documentary about racism?
apollack11 Although anyone can enjoy and be impacted by this film, as a defense attorney, it really spoke to me, and I am glad this documentary was produced. It is about a traffic stop for speeding that turned violent. What made it unique was how it humanized the person who was stopped, a 112-pound schoolteacher named Breaion King, showing her life and personality, and hopefully will cause an incident of excessive use of force by an officer, combined with potential racial factors that may have influenced the incident, to be brought home to the viewer in a more meaningful way. I think the film highlights all the more why video recordings - both in-car and body-worn cameras - are extremely important and should be required by law.