Last Post: 6:19:19pm, 05/07/2018
He was acting kind of twitchy, like he was nervous. Put together with the what the above poster said about the other guy that was talking to him walking out without appearing to buy anything, and it's somewhat plausible the officer could have thought something was going on.
That said, Arreola's hands were clearly visible, to me he did nothing to present a threat (couldn't use sound to hear what was being said right now, assuming there even is sound) prior to the officer pulling out his weapon. As per my own training, he had no grounds to draw his weapon, indicating he either had poor training or ignored his training. I have to assume Arreola reached into his pocket to pull the Mentos out when he did because the officer told him to. Having his weapon out prior to that could be considered precautionary, in case Arreola pulled out a weapon instead of the candy, but that could be stretching. The officer would have to prove that he had reason to think Arreola might pull out a weapon. Though he at least never actually pointed the gun at Arreola.
That said, the very first thing the officer should have done was ask either Arreola or the clerk if he paid, to which they both would have said yes. That would have been the end of it. The officer definitely needs retraining for a few things.
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