He was handcuffed unless these cops broke the number one rule, a perp is always cuffed before being placed in the car. Nothing about this even hints at being positive for these cops. And he was arrested for passing a phony double sawbuck. He could have gotten it from a cash machine. Happened to me once and from Chase.
He was cuffed when he was across the street. He was a regular at the Muslim coffee shop where he tried to pass the fake bill. He left but came back and tried to use the counterfeit $20 again. After he left, the clerk called the cops on their regular customer. Weird, huh? And whatever happened to the couple who was with him during this crime and were being detained at the scene?