I am not saying that the police officers may not have been overbearing and utterly inappropriate as they gave conflicting orders. No matter, at the moment of confrontation, it was incumbent upon an army officer, who should understand the meaning of a lawful, if stupid order, to comply with them and sort out any wrongdoing afterward.
His behavior was just about as silly as any of the officers, PARTICULARLY when he told them that he did not have to get out of the car for a traffic violation when ordered.
You just KNOW that the Democ-RAT bastid governor Klan Man hood Northam will demagogue the hell out of this incident for to exploit racial tensions for his perceived political gain.
I agree with you for the most part. There are some people who unnecessarily get into a back-and-forth with police officers. Waste of time for everyone involved.
My one question though is this - aren’t the conflicting orders potentially life threatening? Having two officers with guns drawn, one saying ‘hands up’ and the other telling you to unbuckle your seat belt, which for most vehicles is down by your side - near where you’d have a firearm - be something that could potentially be dangerous?
After watching the video of the shooting of Daniel Shaver, there is no way I would personally reach down to release my safety belt buckle when I have a Glock to my face from someone clearly telling me to keep my hands up.
Once all police officers have ONE message then I will follow it, but it would be impossible for me to follow conflicting orders from people holding firearms. I would take the safest/most conservative action - in that particular case keeping my hands up and outside the vehicle - and stay there until both cops are saying the same thing.