That cop is the stereotypical jerk.
Totally set up the reporter. Obvious.
Big tough guy with a gun and back up, that has a lot of courage with an older unarmed reporter.
They should give that douche a medal in Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Labour_(GDR)
Hopefully, he ends up the same way as Il Douce.
Amen. That cop is a bully, a liar, and a psychopath.