Like I said in a previous post, what video did you watch?
The trooper asked the young woman for permission to search, she consented and then the trooper searched.
But, answer my question from my previous post. What do you think that trooper should have done when the perp turned his back on him, ignored his command to halt, and began walking back to his car? Answer that?
I think you're a cop hater that would probably be more comfortable over at DU..........
Did the woman fear tazering if she refused? Did she understand her rights or was she too afraid of this nutcop to think? I have always stood by cops, I work with them, but this guy was pulling over someone in a 40 MPH zone....honestly - was he going five miles over the speed limit? The driver asked him and the cop refused to say. The cop was a JERK. He got caught by his own tape. Doesn’t matter that he is the MAN, he needs to show respect and proper discretion with ordinary citizens. He didn’t.
And for the record I am in EMS I know cops and am on scenes with cops. I like them. THIS guy was over the top. He needs a vacation.
Being a police officer can be the highest of our callings but it also attracts the dimwitted sadistic thug, too and this guy is well within that category.
My favorite part is where he brags about making this kid "ride the Taser" and says "It hurts, doesn't it?"
The offense was maybe going faster than the suddenly modified speed limit, i.e., speed trap - and nicely asking for answers when the cop stops him and his family. It's not like our cop is out solving armed robberies or murders or working the tough inner city beat. He's just a twit with a nicely fitted uniform, a fast car and way too much of himself - and the ability to torture anybody he feels like.
What video did YOU watch? The officer NEVER asked the young woman for permission to search. He simply walked to the driver's side while saying "Okay...I have to take a look in the front of this real quick." Then he opens the driver's side door and asks her "There's nothing in here that I need to know about, is there?"
The people on this thread who are blindly supporting this officer are not being honest about what the officer said and did.