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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
The dude escalated the situation when he kept taping them walking back and forth and acting dumb about it.
Police do not like it when you tape them, try it.
Even though it is within citizens rights go ahead and tape cops and see how that goes for you. See how long they will let you keep doing it.
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It is obvious from the existence of many videos from many angles that the police were not arresting or detaining people based on recordings.
This guy blasted his music to the point where nobody on the street could even hear the megaphone anymore. You could argue that he didn't know he was interfering, but he sure did when the cops told him to turn it down and he told them to F off.
That right there is enough cause for detaining him. The cops continued to act with restraint even when he got out and made a show of "taping" them which considering how animated he was (with flailing arms), and the vertical format, he was clearly not even trying to tape them, just making a show of it. They finally walk towards him, and the guy then makes a show of turning around and asking to be cuffed.
The guy's an idiot. It led to something really unfortunate, and as you said, any dog would've done the same thing. Any cop would've done the same thing too, or else you get things like this:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...zed-dog-769693
The missing piece, is that not every dog owner would've done the same "antagonize the cops during a hostage situation" routine. It is 100% the dog owner's fault.