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Is this CA cop right or wrong?
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jmoney74
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Well seems like the cop was "under control". They were looking all around reaching for stuff all over the car. Doesn't everyone put their info in the glove? Cops only have a second to react. At least he didn't go bang bang like that other cop who shot the black guy when he told the officer he was carrying a gun.
I've had it happen to me at least a dozen times when I was younger. At any time if I sneezed or whatever, I might have been shot. Scary stuff.
IMO, this sort of thing should not be allowed. Is he following protocol? Maybe. Protocol needs to change. Cops shouldn't so freely use their guns to intimidate innocent people.
That said, I'm ignorant of what's happened here. There can be more to the story.
IMO, this sort of thing should not be allowed. Is he following protocol? Maybe. Protocol needs to change. Cops shouldn't so freely use their guns to intimidate innocent people.
That said, I'm ignorant of what's happened here. There can be more to the story.
In this day and age, you have to assume that the police can easily verify the car registration without asking for it.
It seems that having the freedom to ask for it, gives them the opportunity and license to harass people based on their gut instinct.
Your license should be the only thing you need to provide.
It seems that having the freedom to ask for it, gives them the opportunity and license to harass people based on their gut instinct.
Your license should be the only thing you need to provide.
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I read some comments under an article somewhere that the video isn't complete. The guy was reaching under his seat and the cop actually got shot.
Looks like the movement towards the bottom of the seat. That's why the cop pulled the gun.
Article from Mercury News
Berg said the first few minutes of the encounter, which did not make it into the now-viral video, included a ?cordial conversation? between the occupants of the vehicle and the officer, who explained why he stopped them and asked for the license of the female driver and the car?s registration and proof of insurance.
The occupants spent several minutes looking for those documents, and at one point the officer told them to stay in the vehicle as he prepared to walk back to his motorcycle to write a ticket. Berg said it was around that time the passenger started to reach under his seat.
?Unfortunately, the passenger?s unexpected movement toward the bottom of the seat caused the officer to perceive a threat and draw his handgun,? Berg said.
Source:http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/31/campbell-police-respond-to-viral-facebook-video-of-car-stop/
Article from Mercury News
Berg said the first few minutes of the encounter, which did not make it into the now-viral video, included a ?cordial conversation? between the occupants of the vehicle and the officer, who explained why he stopped them and asked for the license of the female driver and the car?s registration and proof of insurance.
The occupants spent several minutes looking for those documents, and at one point the officer told them to stay in the vehicle as he prepared to walk back to his motorcycle to write a ticket. Berg said it was around that time the passenger started to reach under his seat.
?Unfortunately, the passenger?s unexpected movement toward the bottom of the seat caused the officer to perceive a threat and draw his handgun,? Berg said.
Source:http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/31/campbell-police-respond-to-viral-facebook-video-of-car-stop/
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Your not suppose to reach for the following: Glove compartment, under the seat, middle console. If you need to get your insurance card, you suppose to give the cop heads up that you are reaching for it. (I mean you don't have to ask, but if something happens. I don't know what to say.)
Just get the ticket and move on. I got one of those tickets driving without insurance. [back in the day] I forgot it at home and I just brought it to court and showed it. (Not a big deal)
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LOL, I've had cops come up with their guns at the ready.
Whether it's that they're nervous, I made them nervous of they just have an attitude, whatever the reason, but what kind of genius thinks it's the right time to start arguing with them about the gun being out?
Whether it's that they're nervous, I made them nervous of they just have an attitude, whatever the reason, but what kind of genius thinks it's the right time to start arguing with them about the gun being out?