The cops should probably have arrested him for breaking the law, but I don’t see this lawsuit going anywhere. It ain’t their job to stop people from being stupid in advance.
You're right. BUT, then again, SCOTUS says that police have no responsibility to protect citizens, but are merely obligated to clean up the mess AFTER something has happened, something that dawned on me after I originally posted. The cop could have been in the wrong in the first place, but, due to the SCOTUS ruling, I don't believe anything will come of it. Perhaps Mom should have taught her son better. Perhaps her son shouldn't have been such a darwin competitor.