The comparison--introduced by dennisrwoo through their work history--is that they are both use-of-force work, and thus both have rules and decisions related to non-compliance.
If you find zero comparative value in their work, that is fine, but I am genuinely curious to hear how they deal with a subject who attempts to dictate an interaction, w/out using force. I think a skilled/clever worker could sometimes, but doubt that all workers could do it 100% of the time.
It takes little skill to take someone's documents and go process a ticket. It doesn't take that much skill to remain professional with a civilian who may not be responding well in a stressful situation, and getting pulled over is always a stressful ordeal. A well-trained cop understands this and is why they're supposed to use de-escelation actions to calm a given situation rather than pour gas on the fire as happened here.
This is simply not true. Reeks of making excuses for bad cop behavior. The cop who had TH's ID had already started walking away to process the ticket when he rolled the window up, which is when TH called his agent to let him know what was going on. The cop on the left in the video has a freakout and starts rapping on the window and Hill rolled os window 1/3 of the way. Literally seconds later he's getting pulled out of the car. Talk about going 0-100 in no time. They gave him no time to open the door and let himself out. At no time did he impede the officers or threaten their safety, period.
Some states dont require registration or insurance papers as that's already on record. In this day in age when all of that information is easily obtainable, a license is all that should be required. That varies base on jurisdiction. And the cops never made an issue of that anyway so I'm not sure why you're bringing it up.
The bodycam shows the officer never walks away. He leans forward to look at the front of the vehicle (he'd have to walk back to return to his motorcycle), and as he does Hill begins rolling up the window. The officer instructs him to lower the window several times and he refuses. The officer remains at the side of the vehicle until they decide to remove Hill from it.
You and I interpret waking away differently then. The cop took 2 steps towards the motorcycles to go process the ticket and it was at that point TH rolled up his window. The cop on the left got butthurt that TH rolled up the window and understandably TH became defensive at that point. You've got a group of belligerent cops at the window after providing ID, what do you think is about to happen?
They never once said they needed it. The cop had what he needed and never asked for additional documents. The police had never said anything related to that. And the visibility thing is nonsense. They were able to see what was up when the window was open and TH gave them his ID. After he closed the window and cracked it back open, there was nothing blocking interaction there. There's absolutely no excuse for the escalating. I've seen cops let much worse go.