Threatening to create something with which to charge him is "appropriate police work"?
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You didn't read the transcript carefully enough.
transcript
Brett: Why am I being detained officer? (directed toward Officer #4)
Officer #4: You better stop runnin your mouth or the other officer will find a reason to lock you up tonight.
(Audio can now be heard again)
3:22
Brett: You're saying you're going to make up a reason to arrest me?
Officer #4: No I didn't. I said we would find a reason.
Brett: Okay. I just want to let you know all of this is being recorded.
Yes that is appropriate police work. The boy is now questioning the officer about his motivation.The boy is now assuming the officer would "make up" a reason to arrest him. This is after the boy refused to answer a direct question. Officers are trained to understand these dynamics. Lives are at stake.
The boy is now assuming the officer would "make up" a reason to arrest him. Of course he is. What do you think was intended by the statement, "You better stop runnin your mouth or the other officer will find a reason to lock you up tonight"? No reasonable person could draw any other conclusion than that the officers were going to make up a reason to arrest him.
Officer #4: You better stop runnin your mouth or the other officer will find a reason to lock you up tonight. (Audio can now be heard again) 3:22 Brett: You're saying you're going to make up a reason to arrest me? Officer #4: No I didn't. I said we would find a reason. Ok, let's assume for a moment that the officer was not talking about finding, not fabricating, a reason to arrest. If you are trying to find something, it means that you are looking for something that isn't otherwise immediately apparent.
Do you think it is "appropriate police work" for an officer to go looking for a reason to arrest someone when there is no immediate, apparent reason to do so? Is it appropriate for them to engage in this behavior at a roadblock?
Is it appropriate for the police to look for an excuse to arrest an innocent citizen in response to the citizen "running his mouth"?