What is “reasonable?”
He defined reasonable that reasonable is inside her house. Thus making him the boss of her property - even her yard.
And how would you concretely define “reasonable” within the confines of her yard - where she had a right to be. How? 5 feet away from him? 6? 7? 10? 20?
The yard (her property) is the standard. The only concrete standard. If she is in her yard, her property, that is a concrete standard. Otherwise, cops can arbitrarily decide when and where they want, how far - inside the house or out - etc... 5, 10, 20 feet. Cops then arbitrarily become the boss of the property, which both conservatives and libertarians eschew.
It all boils down to this: do you think that a cop can tell a lady - dressed as she was - to go into her home, and tell her what he did (go in the house) on her property?
And what comment did she make that threatened hi Provide proof of what she said that threatened him enough to cause him to act the way he did.
He won’t provide proof beyond what exists in his cloud-cuckoo land.
As much fun as this has been I really need to get back to brushing up on the fugue of Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier”. Its been years since I played it in recital and I really need to continue my polishing of it, (along with three Chopin polonaises), before the end of July gets here.
Under appropriate circumstances, yes, police have the right to demand a private citizen go into their home. This happens all the time all across the U.S. In this case, had Ms. Good not argued with the officer, and had backed up upon his first comments to her, I believe this incident would not have escalated to her arrest. And, again, the video provides the evidence she was on the sidewalk, and within a too close proximity to the police action. Since you are using hypotheticals in asking how far is reasonable, I'll respond, hypothetically, that such a decision is appropriately relegated to the discretion of the on-scene officer of the police action, and depending upon the particular elements of the situation the officer faces.