We all have a 4th Amendment right of protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. The cop did not present a warrant, which he would have had to have obtained due to having some form of proof or reasonable suspicion, which he did not have.
The people of course were afraid of how he was acting. They never said, “You’re just doing this because we’re black.” Any normal person who did not know their rights would be afraid in this situation. Cop escalated, and his ego became the “warrant”. He arrested a respected military veteran. That was a disgrace.
Well said.
Officer’s personal discretion just does not negate Constitutional presumption of innocence.
The Veteran thing bothers me too, he was a former military COP! So much for the blue brotherhood...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_identify_statutes
Here is the answer to Mr Lawyers insistence that the police have the right to enter anyone’s property and accuse them of a crime.
They can park on the driveway, walk up to the door on a path or sidewalk and knock and then make their contact. That is it. They CAN NOT, stroll around the property and look for evidence WITHOUT A WARRANT.
BTW, they have to inform the person they are contacting of the reason they are there FIRST AFTER they ID themselves.
The video is edited, so we don’t know the full background. We also don’t know why the cops came there in the first place. Was the arrest questionable? Yes. Was the arrest very, very avoidable? Yes. Be polite and cooperative with the police and I can assure you that 99.9% of the time you will be happy with the outcome.