What does one do with a non-compliant 80 year-old?
What legal authority does a Cop have to require you to return to your vehicle and what offense have you committed if you do not?
If you let the irate old guy roam around out there and he gets run over are you liable?
Does department policy ALLOW you any leeway in how you react to such non-compliance?
I gotta say, listening to the old guy video I didn't hear a Cop gleefully roughing up an old guy, sounded more like a Cop not knowing what else to do but apply force. Maybe he had no options I dunno.
I'll bet if he woulda just stood there with the old guy for five or ten minutes more than 'three seconds' and let him vent, and then patiently explain why he pulled him over things woulda gone different tho.
Birdwatcher
Did you hear any deescalation employed by the paid police professional? Maybe something like this "Mr. Smith, I am a little bit worried about the traffic here, so could you help me keep things safe by waiting in your car please sir?"
