For the umpteenth time.
She was on her PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Or are you just deliberately ignoring that fact?
For the sake of argument, let's say she was standing just on her property, inches from the sidewalk (not true, but let's go with this a moment). She was STILL within feet of the officer on the passenger side of the vehicle. I've watched many a vehicle stop and police action. At no time have I ever witness an LEO allowing someone to be in such close proximity of the police action, both for officer safety and the safety of the citizen. While in the AF, working as an SP, I would never have allowed someone to be in such close proximity to a similar action. My father, 34 years in LE, would never have allowed someone to be that close. My wife's two brothers, both retired LE (one having retired from the FBI) would never have allowed such a thing to happen. None of the officers I know in my home town would allow that either, regardless of who the person was. How many news reports are there across this country of officer's being seriously injured or killed because they did not properly secure an area in which a police action was occuring? How many officers have been killed by the wives of wife beaters after the officer(s) responded to a domestic disturbance? Why should any officer be expected to treat one person who is in close proximity differently than any other person? What makes Emily Good any different from anyone else? She was too close; she argued with the officer instead of moving up onto her yard from the sidewalk. That sparked concern from the officer. Had she moved upon her yard and gotten away from the action, I doubt this would have resulted in arrest.