Harley Rider 55
Active Member
After 21 years on the job and now 10 years away from law enforcement, I think this is fast becoming typical. The career field is existing in a bunker mentality. Cops are less and less a part of their community they feel its them against us. The vast majority can push down their conquer the citizen attitude but every now and then it comes out.
For your own sake, please cooperate, move slowly, don't bitch and gripe, when you are in any police situation. And always let them see your hands. The cop in the video was primed to be an asshole and needs to do something else for a living, we all can't always handle power. When you stick your hands in your pockets and act stupid the truth is you will scare the officer. If you scare him he will react and you won't like it, he is trained to do this. If you are a bad guy you deserve what you get. Good guy contact is usually very short and you can hold yourself together until its over and then go kick a tree.
Cops have NO power, they are given a little authority. Abusing that authority on someone with real power, results in very bad things for the cop (at a minimum).