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Blogger compares NZ breath test to prison death

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Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Tue, 28 Jul 2015, 5:27PM
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Blogger compares NZ breath test to prison death

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Tue, 28 Jul 2015, 5:27PM

A US blogger has sparked outrage by comparing being required to take a breathalyser test in New Zealand to the death in US police custody of Sandra Bland.

Ms Bland was taken into custody in Texas after a minor traffic violation, and was later found dead in her cell.

Huffington Post blogger Janis Powers said being pulled over for speeding in Timaru, and subsequently being required to take a breath test, violated her civil liberties.

"Things just didn't seem right when I was given a mandatory road-side breathalyzer test, just because I was speeding."

She described the test as "entrapment" and said she wouldn't be paying the ticket.

However, it was her comparison of the traffic stop to that of Ms Bland that has social media up in arms. 

 

Others noted that Ms Powers had, in fact, been pulled over for legitimate reason. 

 

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