[houeto]

but I still believe it all could have been over in minutes if he just obeyed a simple lawful order from a police officer.

I believe that too. Just glad that it didn't happen that way AND I hope the old man gets to put a little jingle in his pocket. Now that part you may not agree with.

[gogeo]

I believe that's a good rule of thumb, inasmuch as in most cases it's he said/she said, and you don't want to have your skull bashed in to insure your head is on straight.

There are exceptions and I believe this is a good example.

[SW6906]

"I hope the old man gets to put a little jingle in his pocket. Now that part you may not agree with."

Actually, I hope he does too considering what happened. I am just saying all of this could have been avoided if he hadn't gotten unnecessarily belligerent. I live in Seattle so my tax dollars are going to have to pay for this crap the cops are doing.