angrycookieman
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I agree, It sure seemed like the cops created a problem where there was none.
I can agree with that. That said, the cops escalated this situation to a place where it did not need to go. More professional heads should have prevailed. This particular community's police dept has quite a reputation and history.
Now, why the cop went back to the vehicle where the man was sitting down in the car with seat belt on and arrested him is up for debate. I kind of thought he would have just given him a tongue lashing or something not yanked him out.
It actually shows how we all remember things differently depending on our own perception.
"We all" is quite a blanket statement. You're right for most people-- but not all.
I think Post# 3 video 8:40 on shows on aggressive officer, the other appear to not want any part of it.
JMO. And no not a blanket statement.
It's about officer safety.
There are a large # dashcam vids where a cop is interacting w/ a driver and the passenger gets outs and attacks or starts shooting.
He wasn't asked to step out of car, so what is his reason for stepping out?
The DUI test lasted less than 4 min.
Cop #1 told him three times and Cop #2 told him two times before he was told he was going to be taser. He own wife was screaming for him to get back in car.
He didn't budge until Cop #2 pointed the taser @ him.
I agree that the cops could have and should have handled it differently. I watched a video the other day where a guy was stopped and the cop was respectful to him and nothing happened. The same guy was stopped a little later the same night and killed one or two cops. When asked why he said that the second cops were rude to him.
From what I saw, he wasn't initially told NOT to get out of the car when they asked his wife to get out for the sobriety test. Why wouldn't anybody not want to step out of the car and check on their wife? It doesn't seem like an unreasonable gesture to me if you don't know you're not supposed to..
We all perceive things based on our own presuppositions. All people can and will have different perceptions. Which is why 40 witnesses at Cotsco all saw something different about the way Erik Scott acted/reacted. It's all driven by our presuppositions.
I don't say cops are all good or all bad...they are people with a job, and most ofthem do it, like most of us who work for a living
BUT , I have made a bunch of copies of this video concerning 5th and 4th rights. I give these to young people in our church, kids of friends, my friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik
It's real easy to talk your self into a hole,( like the Tazee in the OP vid )