[connectthedots]

Go view the tape and then come back and say that the cop was hustling this a$$hole who had been reported to have been hitting his daughter, displayed signs of drinking and had 'parked' his car via a four-wheel slide on the side of the road at an angle.

Being an a$$hole is not a crime. Drinking is not a crime unless he was driving; and apparently he wasn't. Unless the cop had probable cause to believe the guy had committed a felony, he had no legal authority to arrest the guy. A cop cannot arrest a guy for a misdemeanor unless he personally witnessed the crime.

[cinFLA]

I guess you have no problem with a guy drinking, driving and whacking his daughter all at the same time.

[A2J]

Unless the cop had probable cause to believe the guy had committed a felony,

Why a felony? He could have arrested the guy for a misdemeanor as well.

[Arpege92]

"Unless the cop had probable cause to believe the guy had committed a felony, he had no legal authority to arrest the guy."

Hey newsflash....you don't have to committ a felony to get arrested. People are arrested on misdemeanor charges as well.....and cops don't have to witness a misdemeanor crime to arrest someone.