You are right, but even lawyers and judges need to look up laws that are cited in court. Expecting a cop to know all laws might be expecting too much. That said both parties seemed to handle the situation well. Once the cop figured out this young man could site case law and his supervisor showed up things went well. I don’t know where the balance lies with cops and armed civilians but this was a good example of knowing what to say, steroid pumped cop aside. Thank goodness for the young man.
But you know the cop knew the law. When the kid stated enough cases, the cop knew he was 'outgunned' and gave up. If he didn't know the law, he would have arrested the kid. And, of course, he kid's head would be split open on the roof of the car when he "resisted" arrest. Maybe not by this cop, who seemed rational, but certainly by some others. See my post 41.