was this the cops fault? or the 20yr old kids a block from their home coming back from buying cigarettes... < < link

my point here is that just because these fellow humans join the force and get trained to handle strange situations, make judgement's and uphold the law, but that doesn't exclude their abilities to make mistakes. In this case the cops involved were wrong for making poor judgement and breaking the law.

In the case of the biker the judgement was wrong on behalf of the cop, and he made a life changing mistake. a simple traffic violation that posed no threat to him did not warrant his actions.

to have him turn off his bike and get off of it would have been the appropriate action.


the question of how long you been riding was to gauge if you've ever been pulled over to verify the proper procedure for pulling over someone on a bike.