On April 27th, a South Carolinian woman was pulled to the side of the road by police in Virginia. Dawn H. W. immediately went live on Facebook after the incident, sharing her experience through tears. "I was just bullied by a racist cop, who threatened to pull me out of the car," she said about her encounter with the officer, "I was going 70 mph in a 65 zone". In her 11-minute video, Dawn stressed how traumatic it felt, and how she feared being shot, tasered or "Sandra Blanded". As well as detailing the encounter, the woman mentioned that she "did a lot of protesting, a lot of fighting in her day, so things like that wouldn't happen".
After the video went viral, Brunswick County Sheriff Brian Roberts received a flood of angry calls from concerned people. He reviewed the officer's body cam footage and determined that his deputy did nothing wrong during the encounter with Dawn H. W. "I don't know what she has been through and I don't know her life history, what I worry about is this kind of thing will inflame situations where you see cops in other states have been executed while they were just eating lunch," the sheriff told WTVR.
The officer's body cam recording was then released to the public and it became clear that he acted in a professional manner. In the video, the deputy clarified that the reason he stopped her wasn't racial profiling, as Dawn H. W. had claimed, but the fact that she was going at 70mph when the speed limit was 55mph. He then gave her a ticket and wished her a safe day. Scroll down below to watch the video and see how the deputy handled the situation.
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On April 27 she was pulled to the side of the road by police in Virginia
After the encounter she went live on Facebook stating that "she was just bullied by a racist cop"
Watch the video below to see what Dawn went through
After the video went viral, Brunswick County Sheriff Brian Roberts received many angry calls
He reviewed the officer's body cam footage and determined that his deputy was being wrongfully accused
The woman was pulled over because she was going 70mph where the speed limit was 55mph
The officer acted professionally and it became obvious that the woman was lying
Watch the video below to see how the deputy handled the situation
People on the internet were quick to express their opinions on the matter
