i think it has nothing to do with this. Should we all be expected to be treated like this on a whim? While i understand your point, they’re jumpy and suspicious, that does not bestow upon them the right to to take unjust actions.
I have lived in NYC most of my 60 years and i can tell you i learned many decades ago that many police go a step beyond enforcing the law to believing they are the law. Its a not very fine line and one thats seemingly easy to be lured across. I don’t believe they all start out feeling and acting that way and it is indeed the job itself that brings about such attitude but nothing will justify that behavior.
I know about NY cops, too. There are good and bad. But the fact that so many have been shot since December speaks to the new mayor and his dismantling of stop & search. Now the broken window theory is being thrown out. By the time his 4 years are over, we may very well be in a mess and wishing for a return of David Dinkins.