WTF over, he is in a 5000lbs weapon. All he had to do is flee and put lots of lives at risk. ALso, cops couldnt confirm he was active army until he started obeying their orders. People wear military uniforms and try to act like military all the time.....stolen valor idiots. If I were CO, I'd be chewing this young LTs ass out for not complying with cops, hell...article 15 his ass. His job is to do what local LEO say, even if unreasonable, and then show up with lawyers...not to argue on the streets. Shit...this is discussed at every OBC course in the US.......DONT ARGUE WITH COPS....DO WHAT THEY SAY AND WE WILL WORK IT OUT LATER.
“DONT ARGUE WITH COPS....DO WHAT THEY SAY AND WE WILL WORK IT OUT LATER.”
So, what should you do if cops have you at gunpoint and are issuing conflicting commands? If you do what one cop says, the other one will shoot you.
By that reasoning, you're rationalizing this behavior from LE. Park the car. Turn off the car. Are all heavy objects lying at rest now lethal weapons requiring that LE treat the humans within them as criminals?
I never said he shouldn't have argued, but his mannerism was not combative. He made it clear he did not feel safe. Any attempt to undo a seatbelt might've been seen as "reaching for a weapon," and we'd be talking about a dead LT, not one with pepper spray burns on his face.