“Since Massey was never informed of the officers intent to arrest him”
Correction: You didn’t hear the officer inform the driver of his intent to arrest him (take him to jail). That doesn’t mean it didn’t occur when the officer was standing at the driver’s door, and there was traffic noise obscuring parts of the conversation.
Listen to the tape very carefully, and you can hear the driver say “No, you’re not”. What do you think he might have been responding to????????
Ok... I've listened 3 more times... with my Bose sound-cancelling head phones... I just DON'T hear that. I do hear the driver saying, "No, I'm not".... I think, to whether or not he will sign the ticket.
I would LIKE to hear some evidence that the officer warned him he might be arrested. I REALLY would like to hear that, because it would go a LONG way toward changing my opinion.
In the arrest video from Vegas posted earlier... the officer gave clear instructions about what was going to happen... then, took action. I'm 100% OK with that.
In this case... the cop seems to have made up his mind about what he's going to do, but doesn't bother to inform the driver.
Do you really think this guys WANTS to be arrested? I mean... c'mon.. really? I think, a few firm threats would have gone a long way toward defusing the situation. But.... I get it. You don't see it that way.
Just curious... In what state do you patrol?
“Correction: You didn’t hear the officer inform the driver of his intent to arrest him (take him to jail). That doesn’t mean it didn’t occur when the officer was standing at the driver’s door, and there was traffic noise obscuring parts of the conversation.”
Lets see, you have repeatedly stated the cop said things he didn’t. You have indicated the driver was going to run, he was going for a weapon, and so on. This is the kind of behavior in cops that gives every cop a bad name. Some cops won’t admit incorrect behavior of another cops even if it smacks them in the face.
I heard the cops say “because you wouldn’t sign”. The comment that “no you’re not” is what I assume the driver saying “no you’re not listening”