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I was not there nor were you. How do we know that is how it happened? But for the sake of argument, let us say it did happen that way. How did the officer phrase it? Did he say "get out of the road" with a hostile tone? Did he say, "hey, it might be a good move to get on the sidewalk before you get hit by a car?" Did Brown say "get bent" or did he just ignore the "order?" We do not know. What would be the proper way to handle it? We don't know? You can also make the arguement that once the officer gave the "order" and the 18 year old - not a kid - disobeyed, did that show of disrespect offend the officers authority? Did the officer then feel he had to prove his authority or he and the entire force loses face? Hell, it seems the people in that neighborhood disrespects the police anyway. Maybe he could have pulled up to the 18 year old and calmly explain things to him like "hey, if you get hit, it's no skin off my nose. Just don't expect us to come running in a hurry. We gave you fair warning. And if something happens to you in the neighborhood, don't bother calling us since you disrespect us so much. Why should we bother with you since you don't want us to bother you. So you see how it works - you help us, we help you. You blow us off, we blow you off. Get it?" Do you think that might have worked?

Which goes back to what I asked earlier - do we have to obey everything coming out of police officers mouth?

Your attitude suggest a certain hostility to police officers.

Where does that contradict the thesis that teaching police officers that many people in the public are hostile to them and thus they should always assume they are potentially dealing with a hostile person until they determine otherwise is a justifiable and legitimate default position.

In reality the conversation would be much different in the hood. Once you drive up and ask them to move to the sidewalk, he will then turn his back to you and give you one of many hand jesters to tell you he ain’t listening. When you tell him to get out of the street, not so nicely this time, he will turn to you and ask what your punk ass is going to do. Now it’s your turn. What is your next move? This happens all the time.

>>Which goes back to what I asked earlier - do we have to obey everything coming out of police officers mouth? <<

That’s the smart way of doing things. Let your attorney fight it out in Court.