“He MIGHT have complied, and he might not have.”
So the cops have the right to beat him up for something he MIGHT do?
This is what he did just three days before:
“Simone is no stranger to law enforcement. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported that he almost rammed a police cruiser in a separate chase three days earlier.
“Court records show that Simone eluded police in Millbury, Massachusetts, who had tried to stop him for an outstanding warrant, by trying to collide with the cruiser before driving onto Interstate 290.”
http://whdh.com/news/man-in-custody-after-high-speed-chase-in-ma-nh/
The raw video of the arrest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_IR-Y0tvhk
And this report says Simone only had minor injuries: