These deputies were not on the ball. At 2:42am, unless the vehicle was strongly illuminated, which is unlikely, a typical police approach would be to shine their bright flashlights on him, announce that they are the police, and that he should *not* move.
If he is rummaging around in a car, even if he was holding a gun, he is at a distinct disadvantage.
Police should not have said “Keep your hands where we can see them”, unless he was *seated* in the front seat where he could put his hands on the steering wheel or front dash.
You see the advantage of ordering him to freeze?
At that point he should have blurted out his business, and that this is his home, and the car is his mother’s car.
In any event, these cops need to be sent back to the minors for some seasoning.
In any event, these cops need to be sent back to the minors for some seasoning.