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this kid knew what he was doing and that he would be stopped because he made himself suspicious. and then he stonewalled a cop who approached him. he did not just give him his ID. he acted stupid by saying (paraphrasing), "why are you stopping ME officer? have i done something wrong?" idiot punk. he knew he would be stopped and then antagonized the officer. but i guess i'll have to say it again, the officer went too far.

I caught a couple of other articles on this, and the kid says he was supposed to meet a friend there to give him back an iPod that was left in his car. I agree the kid didn't have the best attitude toward the cop.

If his account of having been assaulted by a drunken off-duty police officer and then watching the system cover it up is accurate, and right now I don't see any evidence to contract it, I can understand how someone (especially a young person) would be left with a feeling of mistrust.

I understand that there's some bad apples out there, and they make it hard on the good ones. Sometimes that manifests itself in the form of having to deal with the people they've pissed off. I don't think the proper resonse in that situation is to try and break them of it by adding to it.

IMHO

you're absolutely right. and good cops should WELCOME video to a certain extent.

my point with this kid is that he makes a game out of it and uses a police scanner to go to places he knows he will get stopped so he can wise-off to cops. but, in his mind, the cops made him what he is. we have agitator's too. i just smile and nod and go about doing my job. i'm hoping to see myself on youtube one day.

"and the kid says he was supposed to meet a friend there to give him back an iPod"

"Hello?"
"Hey John, Brett."
"Yo bro, wassup?"
"I found your iPod. You left it in my car."
"Hey, great. I was lookin' all over for it."
"Yeah. Why don't we meet and I'll give it back to you?"
Sure. When and where?"
"How about a deserted commuter parking lot in a high crime area at 2am?"
"Hey, sounds good. See you then."

And he never shows. Nice try. The naiveté on this thread is incredible.