LogFAQs > #970523993

going to stay out of the stupid fights going on itt and give my thoughts on the video
seems to me the officer was looking for trouble from the start.

while the driver's interactions with the first officer were cordial and respectful,
the second officer was hostile from the word go, making huge deals about window crack level, etc.
she was also claiming he was nervous as if anyone is ever not nervous when pulled over (because of shit like this!),
and brought her shovel to continue to dig for reasons to have a problem.
"do you have a weapon?" "do you know that (random) person?" "I don't understand (how you're being mistreated)"
she escalated that situation time and again, but wasn't getting the (over)reaction she wanted,
so she pulled her partner aside to express her invented concerns and her partner decided to go along with it.
from there, it cascaded into stupidity. the officers became aggressive, refused to give reasons for their actions,
refused to call for a supervisor, etc, etc until he finally started to get mildly heated, then lost their shit
and after she created the problem, she then took it upon herself to 'solve' it by drawing her firearm.
her partner did nothing to disarm the situation from that point, instead emboldening her.
there's no reason a traffic stop with a cordial, lawful citizen should end in guns drawn or an arrest.
that officer got not what was right, but exactly what she wanted, out of that situation.
my opinion? she was low-key just pissed that he informed them he was recording and expected to be treated like a human being. everything that followed was a calculated rebuke on her part.