No it doesn't.
#1. The driver was an old man...
#2. There could be numerous reason why he exited his truck, such as he was tired of waiting after the cop walked back to his car to play with his MDT, to talk to his girlfriend on his cell phone, or possibly waiting for wants and warrants to come back, or the cop could have simply turned his back for a moment, etc., etc,..
The reports never indicated the old guy disobeyed a command to stay in this vehicle...If that occurred, you can bet it would have been repeated in the articles.
#1. The driver was an old man...
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UH Careful how you toss that ‘old man’ around..
I would hate to see what you may think I am. <: <: <:
I have a ‘few’ years on him, yet I know very well that you sit there until told otherwise.
And I carry.
Actually I was NOT trying to cut the cop a break, I was referring to why the COP wanted him out of the vehicle for an expired tag.
Also, how close was the cop?
Maybe he hadn’t gotten out of his car yet and the ‘older’ Gentleman exited his vehicle, cop looks up from his computer and sees him pulling something out of his truck bed?
Again NOT justifying the cop but I kind of figure if he had been to the cab he would have ‘visually checked out the bed of the truck’. Kind of hard ‘hiding’ a weapon there especially if the Man needed it to walk around it would have been handy.
That is why I said it looked ‘fishy’ to me.