Bump.
Slayton is a small town. My bet is the policeman is/will be terminated. And he must have been an idiot to start with.
Local law enforcement in rural Texas is NOT like this. Most of the local LEO’s are friends of the citizens. Most do an excellent job of handling without incident minor and major problems.
You are correct about locals being friends of LEO’s. On the other hand, if you happen to be traveling through a small city/town especially late at night or very early morning, some of those LEO’s are extremely eager to manufacture a reason to pull your car over and find a reason to bring in some revenue to the local coffers so pay attention to all the signs! Also there is an over zealous state trooper I should have reported once.