Not a problem
When a citizen places their hands upon their own property, this is bad?
In general, no but the cop isn't a mind reader and both want to go home safely at the end of the day.
For example, I may have my wallet under the seat of my car but if a traffic cop pulls me over, I'll stay seated with both hands on the steering wheel, make no quick moves and when the officer asks for my license and registration, I'll explain that my license is beneath the seat and ask how he's like to proceed.
What items of personal property may I grab onto on an officers person?
I wouldn't advise that.
I wouldn't advise that.
Nice to know that cops are reinforcing the popular notion that they are a threat to be shunned like rabid animals.
Twitch the wrong way in their presence and they have license to kill you and walk away: "I felt threatened".
Too bad, once upon a time, citizens would likely come to the aid of a cop in a bad situation. With attitudes like yours, forget it.
I don’t have a problem with the cop pulling his gun. I have a problem with the system charging the man with interfering with an officer.
There is no indication that the man intended to interfere with any lawful order of the officer, and was reacting to unexpected moves by the cop.
It’s like if a cop is talking to me, and I’m being polite, and the cop wants to arrest me, so he swings his arm at me suddenly. I reflexively put up my hand and grab his arm to stop him. Then he arrests me for “interfering”. He never actually hit me, after all.
BTW, the man was not some nobody. He’s a guy the cops already kind of hate (and in fact arrested again on veterans day for “trespassing” on public property during a lawful demonstration — because he was “asked” to take a gun off the property, but he didn’t even HAVE a gun, he was carrying a toy which he told them was a toy.
So again, the cops decided that they had a right to order a man committing no crime to leave a public place he had a right to be in, and then arrested him for not obeying their command.