General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Black man righteously shames white cop who pulls him over [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,751 posts)Perhaps this cop did overreact to some degree. But he sees a large man, black or not, sitting in the drivers seat. Its at night. It may have been in a "bad area" of town. It looks like he was working alone, so he couldn't have a partner back him up. So he approached the vehicle with his gun drawn. But then holstered it as soon as he was close enough to see the driver was not a threat.
Other situations, the cop might keep the gun drawn and order the person out of the car because he didn't like the way he was being shouted at (or the color of his skin). And if the person struggled at all, he'd be arrested for "resisting an officer" or some such BS. I thought this officer handled the situation..as far as we can see...very professionally. Using this as your example of a 'bad cop' is counter productive to a very real problem.