There is such a thing as bad cops. I was once pulled over for doing 42 in a 30 at 5 am , Arlington, TX. The young white cop who came to my window acted like he was on crank or something, very agitated and shaky. I put my hands on the wheel and didn't move while he checked me out with his flashlight--he told me to get my proof of insurance and I said 'it's in the glovebox--do you wnat me to get it out?' He said do it--I reached in and he started screaming Drop it now!--out of the corner of my eye I could see his weapon aimed at my head. Then I heard his partner--a black guy--ask him what the f are you doing now? Lower your weapon who stupid ........i thought he was going to beat the hell out of his partner--he then walked over to me and apologized--looked sideways at the guy and told me I was free to go--two days later I am watching the news and see that cops in Arlington shot and killed a Mexican man sleeping in his truck. Guess who the shooter was?--same cop. The investigation was 'inconclusive' though there was no weapon found on the victim, but the cop was released. Two years later the guy makes the news again. This time he is working as a Dallas County constable and shoots and kills someone who came out of their house holding a fork. I am not sure what became of him after that. From what I can see in that video, this cop is from the same cloth.
My point is only that since I was a young child, my mom would always tell me if I had a problem, to find a cop and he would help me.
Of course, that was a very rural environment in upstate New York. The guys there were truly "peace officers" who worked for the community, heck my dad was on the FD, so they all hung out together.
But the mentality now seems to be that they automatically assume we are gang bangers or something. And that's not a good situation.
Wow. I'd have wet my pants seeing that on TV after that encounter. You're lucky to be with us.