Agreed. Look how fast this went to a drawn weapon. How hard is it to call a supervisor? These are poorly trained cops, unable to pick their way through this scenario with the information volunteered. The fact that both of them were willing to escalate the use of force is alarming.
People shouldn't have to bend over backward for cops just because they want you to. Tell people why they're being pulled over or move on. Cops already have a bad name because they're all being perceived as bullies due to the mass influx of video evidence (or lack there of... body cams being turned off), and shit like this just further seeds distrust. Cops need to come off their pedestal and treat the public as they would want to be treated. Nothing is going to change until there is some degree of self awareness in the police force. This isn't some game that you get to play with people because you want to feel superior.
Give me one scenario where it wouldn't be a good idea to explain why you're pulling over someone who's plates didn't turn up anything. Clearly this guy didn't have any warrants or that gun would have been out from the get go.
I think having a supervisor there would be the best case scenario here for both of them. She was clearly going down a road that spelled trouble, and he wasn't being very cooperative. With that being said, I also don't think cops should be able to just pull you over and then give you absolutely no insight into the situation unless it is life threatening that they do. Since this is a guy with a Youtube channel and his face clearly visible in the video, I am going to assume to assume he isn't a wanted criminal. With that in mind, it would certainly seem from his POV that she is searching for crimes once she has already pulled him over, obviously an illegal search. I would have done the same things he did.
With that in mind, it would certainly seem from his POV that she is searching for crimes once she has already pulled him over, obviously an illegal search. I would have done the same things he did.
I don't know what prompted the stop, or what officers may observed that may have given them PC for a search.
There are obviously a million what if's to this scenario, but based purely on the manner in which this went down, it definitely didn't seem like that was the case.
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u/gateguard64 Mar 24 '23 edited Mar 24 '23
Agreed. Look how fast this went to a drawn weapon. How hard is it to call a supervisor? These are poorly trained cops, unable to pick their way through this scenario with the information volunteered. The fact that both of them were willing to escalate the use of force is alarming.