Why didn’t the officer step aside to give him leeway to maneuver? He seemed to be deliberately blocking his path... at least partially. If you had just been confronted by police, you would surely want to be on your way as soon as possible.
Exactly. The other two cops obviously were done with him and moved to give him room. I looked at the guys left hand on the control kinda blurry but he was trying to correct the chairs direction because it had been pointed toward the curb. His last move before it hit the shoe was toward the street or to his left. Curbs are a serious danger to motorized wheelchairs and users fear them for good reason. He needed more room on the officer to his right side and it appears he was trying to stay as far up hill as possible and still miss him. His body position told him one thing but cops foot stuck out in front way beyond where he was standing by what looks like about 18 inches. I would have moved my darn foot in toward the wall badge or no badge once I heard the relays click. The push at him came way to fast also. This stinks. Verbal abuse or no that is no reason to push a man like that. It would have taken substantial effort to have tipped that chair over the man using it could not have done it.