Personally, I don’t hate the guy. (I don’t respect him either, it sounds like the behavior of a 17 year old on a school trip for the first time)
The issue isn’t proportionality...heck, nearly everyone would agree it is stupidly out of proportion. There is no proportionality.
And we certainly aren’t sticking up for “cops” who may just be people known by someone important who have the privilege of being able to stick a gun in someone’s face demanding cash.
The issue isn’t that for most people I see on this issue. It is that he put himself into that situation.
Just my two-cents.
Here’s a screaming front page headline for you:
Athlete Removes Cheap Poster He Claims was Already Damaged!!!
Iow, Crime of the Century!!!
Follow up headline:
Brazil Refuses to Identity Men Who Demanded Hundreds of Dollars from Americans at Gunpoint.