[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Hold on. I’m a big supporter of open and concealed carry.

But there are reports of the smell of marijuana in the car.

He informed the officer he was carrying and the officer told him not to reach behind him and he did.

Now, it sounds like this officer over-reacted and, if he did, he needs to be punished.

If you carry, you can’t carry and drink, let alone do drugs.

But if you have a CCW, whether you are carrying or not, when an officer pulls you over:

1. Keep your hands visible and don’t move them.
2. Tell him you have a CCW permit.
3. Tell him whether you are carrying or not.
4. If you are carrying, ask the officer how he wants to proceed.
5. Follow his instructions. If he tells you not to reach somewhere, do not reach. If you disobey, the officer may assume you are using your informing him of your CCW as a cover to pull the weapon on him.

[Nifster]

One of the pictures of the dead man shows a gun on his lap....the officer kept saying do not reach for it....

If there is a gun in view and you make any motion chances are you are dead

[cincinnati65]

"But there are reports of the smell of marijuana in the car."

Go back and watch her video. She says at one point they've got a "little weed" in the car.

[762X51]

the officer may assume you are using your informing him of your CCW as a cover to pull the weapon on him.

Then it seems to me that if you don't intend to do him harm why give him any extra validation to shoot you? Why does he need to know you are doing something completely legal. Are you going to announce that the headlights both work, you've paid all your taxes and that you don't beat your wife? If you are a gangbanger and you are armed and you DO intend to do him harm why announce anything. Just do it. My brother was stopped once and out of consideration of the officer he informed him his pistol was in the glove box with his driver's license. The cop told him to keep his hands on the wheel and that he would retrieve the pistol and the license. While trying to unload the Colt Govt model .380 the cop swept him twice with the loaded gun. My brother finally asked him to point the pistol away from him until he could figure out how to operate it. Moral of this story have all your "papers" ready before johnny law gets to the window.