MOST of those guys are youngish, earning money they'd've never seen coming out of high school, and the they work DAMNED long and many hours FOR it.
A LOT of guys get to go home once every two or three weeks and I perceive, by the news announcer, this guy is one of them
Charles “Gage” Lorentz exhibits all the signs of a relatively rich young kid/man travelling through "familiar" territory, (unlike me, a former city guy who'd stick out like a sore thumb) and the smirk on his demeanor is "what the hell does Cletus want with me ?
Ranger Mitchell appears to have forged his last physical and by MY reasoning, Gage is about an hour into a 10 hour drive home and the video SEEMS to indicate relative morning time ... om March 21, which was a Saturday morning.
I'm guessing Gage had Colorado plates, was headed north towards home and was probably happier n'SHIT to have some time off with a pocket full of money.
How'm I doin' so far mr, well named .. LambSlave ?
It's an American attribute, especially if you're innocent of wrong doing, to treat with a modicum of disrespect a fat cop that seems to need a quota filled.
"OK, I'll play your silly game"
The "turn around" command is SUPPOSED to be accompanied by "I'm placing you under arrest for ... "
And I wouldn't turn around either, I'm gettin righteously laid later tonight and you're really beginning to be a Cletus Hogg.
The rest is history, but the ranger must take more than half the blame here.
He's the power stroker with a white guy (in a pick up?) obviously headed in the proper direction (according to his plate) and never asked "what are you doing here" ?
Like I'm asking YOU, LanbSlave ... why are you assuming the ranger is the good guy in the scenario ?
First, we don’t know all the facts of what happened here. What we do know is that the media often distorts these cases to make a police officer look worse and the deceased look better.
Second, I don’t care how fat the police officer is. When you get pulled over, you follow the police officer’s instructions. If you don’t like getting a ticket, you fight it in court. Or, you ask for the officers supervisor to be present. Your attitude is the same as those people who are pulling down statues.
If you think it’s okay to ignore a LEOs orders and rush him and assault him when he steps toward you, then you and I have nothing to say. You might check out ANTIFA and BLM, more your style.