I see two fine police officers assisting a couple of overweight citizens by instructing them in the proper way to do pushups.
I could only watch about a minute of it. The guy who wouldn't cooperate is stupid and probably trying to get his name in the headlines. The cop was very poor in that he did not take control of the situation. I have no law enforcement training and don't know what the locals are instructed to do but I probably would have cuffed the guy who was cooperating and then gotten on my radio within earshot of the guy and asked to have an ambulance sent to that location. Then I would have tazed or pepper sprayed him. I bet there is actual cop training on how to handle something like this.
OK I skimmed the rest of it. It looks like a second cop showed up. I don't know why they let this guy grandstand for so long. I'd love to know some of the background and how it came out. I understand some people not trusting cops in some places but I would throw the odds of survival behind cooperating in this case
For some reason when the guy who has posed no threat whatsoever starts crying I think it might be okay to holster the weapons.
I ain't watching all of that. Either taze the guy or move on to something else.....don't argue for any length of time. Let it go or take control.
You're taking his word that he poses no threat. I don't think the cops are supposed to. We don't know why the cop told him to lay down in the first place. I'm just assuming it was for a good reason since we don't know. It's weird that someone who is upset enough to cry about having a gun pointed at him doesn't just comply. Even if the cops were untrustworthy, I'd think he'd be safer to comply than to piss them off. We just don't know enough about the situation. This is probably going to inflame cop lovers and cop haters alike.
...meanwhile, three cops in California have been shot within the last two weeks (2 of them fatally)... And the population of wise-asses taking cell phone videos of themselves refusing to comply continues to grow......... Lovely
