The cop set up a speed trap. He failed to treat the driver with respect and failed to handle the situation properly when the driver got upset. This is not quite a police state yet. Police should not be able to stop their boots on our face whenever they want.
This cop is incompetent and looking for an excuse to taze someone. His ‘order’ was not lawful. These kinda guys live for the take down of us little peons.
Cite?
“The cop set up a speed trap.”
So, is it your contention that the cop got the city, or state, to move in construction equipment, set up construction signs saying “40mph” just so he could catch people doing 68mph???
“He failed to treat the driver with respect and failed to handle the situation properly when the driver got upset.”
The driver failed to show his license and registration when asked. Then he refused to sign a SIMPLE SPEEDING TICKET.
Then, when asked to get out of the vehicle, wanted to ARGUE with the officer about the SPEED LIMIT SIGN, which was seen VERY CLEARLY IN THE VIDEO. (BTW, there were two 40mph signs, and CONSTRUCTION signs).
I think the officer was just patient for as long as humanly possible. When the driver kept heading towards the police cruiser (which, BTW, usually contains LOADED WEAPONS) and put his hand in his pockets, and the female kept getting in and out of the vehicle, the officer had to do something to keep the situation under control.
HINDSIGHT is 20/20. NOW, we all see that the young man was likely harmless.
What happens to that officer next time if the ‘driver’ has a gun in his pocket???