> Some people think the policeman was clumsily trying to protect the man… <
Perhaps. But the cop crossed the line when he threatened to arrest the man.
Yes.
But it’s sometimes hard to know the truth about incidents like this, when we only see a part of the interaction, and not how it really began.
(Lots of people thought that men who were just managing their horses were actually ‘whipping’ illegal aliens.)
No. That’s the law. If an officer tells you to move along and you can be arrested for refusing.