Look, your junvenile defense of the indefensible is not commendable. You oughta read the law and quit with the stupid hypotheticals - the law clearly states the rules the officer should have abided by. Saying put your hands behind your back is not clearly stating that one is under arrest under what authority for what you are being arrested for. Not only will all charges be dropped, but the Utah state police are being embarrassed by one rogue.
There are some here that are doing a good job of defending the horrid actions of this particular officer but you are doing him no favors. He will be fired, or severely reprimanded and one less rogue will be on the Utah citizen’s payroll as a public servent. The injustice to a civilian will cost the taxpayers. I am a taxpayer and I don’t like my employees costing me money by not following the rules and regulations. If you can’t handle the job then do something else. In this case, the bad employee will most likely be finding another line of work.
I can help him right now. He needs to start practicing “can I take your order please?”
“Saying put your hands behind your back is not clearly stating that one is under arrest...”
Some jurisdictions ‘cuff everybody for “officer safety” regardless of whether they’re under arrest or not.
That being said, the driver struck me as the type who was used to pointing out where other people were wrong and that being the end of it. He apparently didn’t realize that cops are never wrong because they have badges and tazers.