The cop had every right to pull the rider over to question him as a witness of criminal activity regardless if he was involved or not. That's just plain and simple. A police officer has the right to ask questions to those close to or witnessing a crime. They dont have to help or participate. How he handled it was inappropriate, period. He realized after got emotional and made a mistake that he would arrest the guy on a b.s. charge to save face. Right idea from a police officers perspective in getting footage from a guy filming it, but obviously very poor execution probably by a young cop.
The real issue here runs way deeper than this individual officer.
As the video stated and showed, on memorial day here in Dallas(which is where this video took place) there was a huge ride which literally blocked traffic and shut down one of the busiest highways in Dallas (Hwy 75) and were stunting on the highway. Through gopro videos posted online by these knuckleheads, the police were able to make arrests by seeing license plates on the videos.
It was a huge news story here in Dallas as well as nationally. When criminal activity gets recognized nationally, Dallas Police Chief goes under fire from the local government. And that's when **** hits the fan.
As we all know, **** rolls down hill. So these officers on this beat and around Dallas had their ass chewed and were probably told that is the last time that **** happens or heads will roll. This young officer probably thought this was about to happen on his watch and felt some pressure to prevent it regardless of how he stopped it. In the heat of the moment, he made some mistakes.
Still no excuse, but I'm sure this was bigger than trying to pull over some speeding/stunting riders.
And making a comment about putting a hole in a cop because you hate all cops(regardless if you're referring to you or someone else) is like saying bomb on a plane, or fire in a school. Simply irresponsible and unnecessary. My brother is a police officer, and the last thing he needs is some loose canon influencing others by persuading them that a statement like that is even ok to vomit out onto a motorcycle forum. If you say it, own it. Quit tap dancing around it, or admit your wrong, but stop trying to talk around it and convince us that it was ok. ***** weak!
