There is no way of knowing what they would have done. There is a fair chance they would have stood there and antagonized the cop further knowing that a blast of pepper spray, knotted up dome or a good tasing on video, may well have lead to a payday.Moving Sale wrote:You don't think they would have pissed and ran he if stood up with a less than lethal weapon in his hand?smackaholic wrote:He is riding the pine because right now, that is a smart thing to do to just let the situation calm down.Moving Sale wrote:I know he didn't need a gun because I saw the video, I know he is riding the pine so I know his boss has questions about his behavior and he didn't use it so therefore we know he didn't need it.
Did the cop have to pull his gun? Maybe not, but, pulling it caused an impending threat to piss down its leg and run. This is what you want it to do. If the thugs had remained engaged, only bad shit could have happened. Would you have been happier if he just tased/pepper sprayed the dude?
If you don't think these punks aren't thinking this as they scrap with the cops, you may be even stupider than I thought.
Thugs used to fear cops and it was much better that way.