Sticking a pack of cigars in your pants and walking out is a lot different than pushing around a man half your size and taking them by force.
Yeah, he was very casual with heavy handed violent behavior to an upstanding minority shop owner. THAT MEANS SOMETHING. It’s not about the blunts he stole. It’s about the evil way he did it.
I actually gave the story about the incident from the witness’s side the benefit of the doubt. It’s lost all benefit now. I think he was probably rough with the officer.