“I watched the video. I hope these cops win on appeal. The cops gave him legal orders, and he refused to obey them at every turn.
The tases forced him to comply. He doesn’t like that. Tough.”
Bullcrap. Those were not legal orders. Just because a cop orders you to do something does not make it legal. They violated his constitutional rights every step of the way.
You got my vote on that.....Amazing what a 2# badge will do for some folks...there’s good and there’s bad in every occupation but law enforcement often attracts those where force and pressure appeals to..(bad grammar, I know).
Many years ago in CA we had a neighbor who was a cop and such a hot head that he stoned our Doberman - over the shared fence between back yards - because the dog jumped at his cat who liked to walk on top of the fence. The dog took refuge in the garage and he pelted rocks through the door leading out of the garage into the yard. Swore he wasn’t trying to hit the dog. Some years later, the cat made the mistake of jumping from the fence into our yard. I’ll spare you the details.
Correct. Under the constitution the cop must provide reasonable articulable suspicion that you committed a crime. If they don’t, you are under no compulsion to cooperate.
And always record every interaction with police.