[polishprince]

No offense but that has to be the most ASSINE comment i have seen!!!
Have YOU ever forgot to use YOUR turn signal or made any other minor traffic violation??? If yes, and I am sure it IS a yes, then you shoukd not be surprised if this happens to you.
As people mentioned in the timeline breakdown the passanger DID not have to give ID since he was the passenger and did nothing wrong since the stop was traffic related. Many times I have been a passenger in the car with my wife and did not have my wallet with me. All the passenger did was ask pertinent questions which the police officer never answered and tried to abuse his authority with threats.
Also common sense would dictate that if one is put in a pain hold what would the logical reaction be to such a hold...fight back to stop the pain and anger on being hurt. Ever hear of fight or flight?? As was also said the passenger and officer were in a no win situation where the passenger couldnt comply because of the seat belt entanglement and the pain hold. If the officer de-escalated the situation and allowed the passenger to get the seat belt off and explain the situation more clearly rather than abuse his authority it could have turned out much different.

[Jmouse007]

Come on, don't you know by now that "the police are your friend", they are there to help and can do no wrong, even as they are beating and tazing you. Besides you should always check your tail lights, use your turn signals and keep your identification papers on you at all times! Otherwise you deserve to have your rights violated, get beaten and tazed.

Don't you know that by now? Sarcasm off.

[Rebelbase]

And no cop ever lied about a turn signal as an excuse to pull a car over.