Here's yet another thing you've got wrong. There are TWO clear points of escalation in this situation:
1) When the officer decides to arrest the driver and tells him to get out of the car, and
2) When the office draws his weapon and assumes an agressive tone and posture.
Both of these actions were done by the OFFICER based on HIS decisions. There were other actions that could have been taken: like
a) Let the driver go with a ticket and a notation of Refusal to Sign, and
b) A verbal warning to comply, or be arrested.
The driver did not even know he was being arrested at the time the officer drew his weapon. The officer did not use the one weapon he needed: a threat to arrest.
OK. Watched the video AGAIN, just to be sure.
Officer asks driver to sign the ticket.
He Refuses to do so.
Officer asks him to step out of vehicle.
Asks him to put his hands behind his back.
Officer tells him “I am placing you under arrest”.
Driver says “no you are not.”
Driver starts walking back toward his vehicle.
That is when the officer fired the taser at him.
If you cannot see who caused the problem, who is guilty, then you are just trying to fool yourself. You are not fooling anyone with any smattering of intelligence.
Please, watch the video (not on youtube) on the link to the original post, and see if what I say is TRUE, or NOT.
(List of DRIVER’s attempts to WHINE his way out of ticket).
I didn’t see the sign.
I saw it but hadn’t reached it yet. (Only one of the two statements can be true)
You have to read me my rights
You have to listen to me.
You have to let me explain.
I’m gonna take you back there and show you.
You didn’t tell me what I did wrong.
You didn’t tell me how fast I was going.
REASONS MOST POSTERS SAY COP WAS WRONG
Driver’s wife was cute.
Driver’s wife was pregnant.
Driver’s wife was crying.
Driver’s wife had small child in back seat.