With the kid I skipped till he was already pulled over and refusing to hand over an i.d. and just sitting there like a self entitled kid. The officers got better things to do then sit there with some punk.
So here is where the problem lies. One is an adult and the other is a child. Think about that for a minute. The second is your belief that the officer had better things to do then sit there with some kid. Which is true and begs the question of why did he pulled him over in the first place? The officer had already pulled over not one, not two but three people for the exact same thing the kid did and the kid was the fourth. So at what point, when does the officer say "Hey, I've pulled over multiple people for the same thing, this isn't worth my time, they're flashing because these lights are bright, I have better things to do"?
Im not sure all the politics behind it, like if he was even permitted to open the kids door ( I dont think he was) so yeah I think the officer unneccarily escalated the situation in that scenario with the opening of the door but it is from my point of view the officer was trying to end it and go on with his night.
See above. You're trying to end your night and go home yet you're pulling over four people, all four of them because they flashed you because your lights were bright as fuck and it's against Michigan law to flash under 500 feet? After teh first or second time shouldn't you know why they're doing it?
Not murder. Get him out of the car. And book him. the kid really was driving without a license. He wouldve been booked. Did he deserve to have a tazer drawn on him? After the door was open sure. You gotta comply with the officer in a situation like that. What kind of dumb ass fights a cop in that situation?
Again, I'm not saying he should not have complied. Simply put he was operating the vehicle, there was a legal reason for pulling him over (assuming the flash was under 500 feet) but where is the responsibility and discretion by the cop?
and the guy is brandishing a knife walking down the middle of the street high on drugs. You end that situation before it escalates. Like I said, he didnt deserve to be gunned down
Yet he's dead now.