I generally side with the police in most situations but this sounds like a power mad officer who wanted to show he was in charge. I hate that the race card is being played again though....
Cops are ugly to whites folks too.
I was almost choked out in Miami by two cops ..both black btw in Miami 18 years ago. They were huge and it was all racial...they almost killed by ship captain...a Colombian. A little black female corporal saved us ...bless her heart. Corporal Payne...I will never forget her.
The Barrett brothers (the cops) who were later sent to prison for home invasion and drug and murder conspiracies.
I’ve also been hard whupped by Mississippi white cops who hated long hairs in the early 70s as a lad.
A-hole cops come in all colors just like this one....
Cops are scared with justification of young black men but this case was very obvious what the truth was...this cop was just being a prick.
I knew good rural revolver carrying cowboy hat wearing old boy cops in my youth that were salt of the earth and had yer back. Some were just constables but they had balls and heart. Those days are gone I figure.
I also knew some good local cops too...back before all that SWAT stuff...he coached my Dixie Youth ballteam and now his boy is a freeper.
It’s a tough job that sometimes attracts mean angry resentful folks...or even criminals.