Red Flag? He asked her a question she answered it and it made him angry. Apparently truth is frowned upon by this guy. He got testy and told her to put out her ciggy when she was signing the form. The encounter was over he was done. Anyone with two eyes can see he was being petty and trying to provoke a response so he could escalate.
Like I said, his attitude may be bad policy, but isn’t illegal. I’m not defending his attitude one way or the other. However, her refusals are illegal. Besides, neither of us were there. I’m just educating you as to the possibilities of why he asked her to put the cigarette out. He may not have had any red flags or he may have gotten a red flag at the last minute. Since it is not permissible for cops to narrate on video cam, he didn’t verbalize his reasoning.
You automatically assume he didn’t have cause, but you don’t know that. I gave you several possible scenarios. Maybe he thought he smelled MJ at the last minute since she had previous arrests for it and was coming from out of state. Maybe she just lit it up while he was in the car so he didn’t have a reason to ask her to put it out previously. You don’t know. You just want to attack the cop without the facts. Regardless, he gave her a legal, lawful order and she illegally chose not to follow it. She was still in the wrong.
“The encounter was over he was done.”
No, it obviously and apparently was not over, and he was not done. He was still standing at her window and interviewing her. He most certainly had not sent her on her way with a “Have a nice day, Ma’am”, did he?
Just because you say it was over and he was done doesn’t mean it was.