I thought what he meant about the filming was if the cop is getting his face stomped in he doesn't need you to video it as much as he needs your help.
Essentially, he breaks the potential scenarios down to three...
1. When an officer asks for your help
2. When it appears an officer needs help, but ask first
3. Life and death (i.e. extreme) situations
Remember, 'Mike the Cop' is not 'Mike the Lawyer;' while I 100% concur that citizens should help the police any chance they can, it's important to remember that you can be held liable for any actions you take during such situations.
I also don't necessarily agree with his comments concerning people filming such situations. First, it's their right; but also consider that such video evidence could be very useful and not everyone that is doing so has the capacity to step in and render useful aid.
So, the "good Samaritan" clause wouldn't help someone if they were doing the right thing?
Come to your house at 2:00am only if you called around 10pm. Seriously police response time is horrid at best. My neighbors door was kicked in a few years ago and she and her young child called the police from the safety of my place not knowing if the prep was still in the house. It took a little over 3 hours for a unit to show up. The station is less than 10 minutes away.if a guy who will come to your house at 2:00 AM and search it looking for a robber and maybe take a bullet for. You i