Can’t really argue with the DA here. Sometimes cops are wrong. And when they are, they need to be held accountable.
That’s right.
IMO, the body language of the guy in the vehicle says no threat.
Just driving off is not lethal threat to the officer unless he’s stupid enough to reach in the car and put himself in mortal danger.
Dumb, dumb, dumb...
I do think the DA was wrong to comment about the traffic stop. The law states the front license plate is to be there. Officers issue fix-it tickets for that sort of thing all the time. It’s legit.
And for the DA to put the officer down for stopping a guy based on that, reveals an attitude problem.
The officer was wrong. The DA is right to charge the officer, but he is not right to criticize the officer for doing his job.
I once asked a city police officer how he viewed the presence of officers on a local Jr. college campus. I had observed one making a traffic stop. He said he had no problem with it at all, that these guys were fully functioning police officer just like he was.
So I’m not real quick to dump on the campus officer for this stop. It was probably legit.
I note the officer didn’t go postal when the driver pulled out a bottle of gin. Too bad he couldn’t keep his composure later.
“Can’t really argue with the DA here. Sometimes cops are wrong. And when they are, they need to be held accountable.”
The cop was wrong but there was something about the driver.
He was acting weird and started the car to run away. Was that out of fear of safety or fear of going to jail.
He produced no identification and first said the car was his but when informed it was registered to a female he said it belonged to his wife.