The camera guys were being jerks, actually major a-holes...but your post is correct. The cop lost his cool and did not handle the situation correctly at all.
“The camera guys were being jerks, actually major a-holes...but your post is correct. The cop lost his cool and did not handle the situation correctly at all.”
From what I saw of the video the camera guys were just fine until Officer Dipshit rolled up on them with an attitude. He expected that his needlessly aggressive behavior would result in deferential and submissive behavior from the targets of his attention and when he did not receive the expected result he escalated.
Now imagine he’d pulled up and parked his car properly instead of parking askance as a demonstration of cop privilege. Then imagine him stepping out and politely introducing himself and asking the guys what was going on.
You know, just like the great sheriff in the 2A video you shared.
Then there’d be no video and Officer Dipshit would not be facing termination and probable civil rights charges and possible assault charges. Not to mention the later off-video false arrest coupled with retaliation against a citizen filing a police complaint.
That last bit is going to justify dragging this case into Federal court where the local department is going to get hosed. And properly so.
All because some hothead can’t control himself when people don’t bow and grovel before the magnificence of his flashing lights and shiny badge.