So telling a suspect to back away and to keep his hands out of his pockets is racist?
I wish you'd become a cop and get an inner city beat.
You'd be dead before the year was out.
again, cops kill 1200 civilians a year, while only 50 cops a year are feloniously killed. (More die in traffic accidents). The idea that cops need to routinely abuse the civil rights of suspects to protect themselves is laughable.
you don't have to answer the question or respond to the commands--but you are definitely a threat--and as a threat, you will be legally taken down
Yup, and the cops who do it will lose their jobs and the city will pay out large settlements.
Or maybe- you know, maybe we can get the cops to learn de-escalation tactics... not let a $200 Parking violation escalate into a multi-million dollar lawsuit. Just saying.