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Woman Who Shows Her Entire Ass During a Traffic Stop Lives to Tell the Tale; Guess on Which Side of the Racial Divide She Resides?

A woman in Oklahoma repeatedly refused being given a traffic ticket, authorities say, apparently going so far as to kick the cop and get herself shocked with a Taser. Suggested Reading Three Friends Were Headed To A Beyoncรฉ Concert, But One Dies On the Way. Guess What The Other Two Did Next? Our Fave Moments…

A woman in Oklahoma repeatedly refused being given a traffic ticket, authorities say, apparently going so far as to kick the cop and get herself shocked with a Taser.

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Given the tragic ending of so many police encounters in this nation (read: Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, and Alton Sterling), you can probably guess how this story turned out.

And youโ€™d be wrong.

According to NBC News, Debra Hamil, 65, is alive and well (well, as well as anyone can be when theyโ€™re facing felony charges) after police in Cashion, Okla., said they had to manhandle, stun-gun, and place her under arrest after she steadfastly refused to accept a traffic ticket for having a broken tail light.

And if you havenโ€™t guessed already, Hamil is a white woman. A factor that led many online to posit that if she had not been, frankly, she would have likely been a โ€œwas.โ€

As Complex explains:

Naturally, the copโ€™s response to Hamilโ€™s behaviorโ€”a taser followed by a brief verbal exchangeโ€”prompted many online to highlight what the police response would have been should she not have been white.

Among responses from the Twitterverse:

https://twitter.com/andredaughty/status/1156569229044461570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/LarryFlick/status/1156628102543564801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/PoserpSoundware/status/1156828109162729472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Police video released of the incident shows Hamil apparently refusing to sign off on an $80 ticket the officer has written over the tail light, stating, per NBC News: โ€œI donโ€™t think that I deserve to pay $80 for something that is fixable and I can fix it.โ€

That doesnโ€™t go over well, and the cop says sheโ€™s under arrest.

That appears to lead to more words from Hamil (โ€œyou are full of shitโ€; โ€œyouโ€™re not placing me under arrestโ€; โ€œshut upโ€), as revealed by the video footage before the officer finally has had enough of her shit her.

She tries to take off in her vehicle, leading to a short police chase, before video footage shows the officer catching up with her and pulling her from the car. When she continues to put up a fight, the police video shows the officer using his Taser on her, all while she continues kicking him.

Wow. All Philando Castile had to do to merit being cut down in a hail of bullets by a cop during a traffic stop was to try to show his license and registration.

But as for Hamil, she has the privilege of still being alive to tell the tale, a tale that now includes, according to NBC News, a felony charge of assault on a police officer and a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.

Go figure.

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