> Is it a stretch to think these police officers are trying to make things as painful as possible for this teen, even if they know a court is going to eventually throw them out, because he called them out on their outrageous behavior?
Yes and no. I mean police are on a power trip even if you do everything they say but as soon as he called the cop out and called him stupid (in any encounter that wasn't with a cop I might have used harsher language to describe the person in question) I'm sure it didn't help. But that's the problem, it didn't help but I honestly don't think he could have said/not said/done/not done anything to placate the cops.
This kid is 19 years old, he gets pulled over later at night on his way home trying to follow the law the best he knows how (headlight out, using brights to have some light), the cops expect him to know the law about having your brights on when I've never heard of such a law (mind you cops don't need to know the law themselves as they prove more often than not but they expect a 19 year old kid to), then they shine bright lights in his face and expect him to know exactly where his registration is? And that's all within the first few minutes.
The rest of the video that I watched it's more of the same, a power tripping cop gives confusing and contradictory instructions to someone who has never done this before and expects the system to work since he has done nothing wrong. Good thing the cops set him straight at a young age so he won't make the mistake of thinking they are there to "serve and protect" (yes I know they don't actually have to do either) or that the system works in any way, shape, or form.
It's telling that this is what these bastions of society spend their time on instead of what should be slam dunk cases where someone's phone is stolen and they can tell the cops exactly where it is or similar solvable thefts that they don't bother with. What a waste of taxpayer dollars.