Recently two Americans wound up dead after traffic stops.
In Texas, 28-year-old Sandra Bland was stopped when she failed to signal while changing lanes. She was taken into custody where she allegedly committed suicide.
In Ohio, 43-year-old Samuel DuBose was shot dead by a police officer after being stopped for not having a license plate on the front end of his car.
The Ohio cop has been charged with murder. The Texas woman's case is being investigated by state authorities.
Talking Points does not know what precisely happened, so further comment will wait until the hard evidence is presented.
But the point is that laws -- no matter how trivial -- matter.
And we the people, including law enforcement, are expected to obey them … all of them.
