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"Spammed the comment thread" - Interesting choice of words.

So lets respond to your comments;

1. Mr. Machado subsequently picked up his phone and informed the officer that he was continuing to record him. Where does it say that the officer told him to stop after he notified him that second time? And where does it mention that he was stopped from recording the incident from that point on? It does not. Go and re-read the article. And where is it written that you are allowed to disobey the police while you are recording them? Also you'd be a fool to accuse cops of being the sole perpitraitors of embellishing the truth.

2. " If this guy had a trunk full of your stolen crap..." was in response to the suggestion that resources are being wasted on "traffic" stops. The same traffic stops that have resulted in apprehending suspects and recovering stolen goods. How exactly are his civil liberties being violated? After the phone was slapped from his hand, it was not stopped or removed again. I'm glad you think you're smart enough to know how the cop should have reacted to that particular incident when he reached the door, but unless you are or were a cop and have been in that exact situation, you really have no clue. All you have is your speculation of the truth - You choose to believe the kid in the car. I choose to believe the cop.

3. I never claimed that all cops are 100% trustworthy and honest. I just choose not to lump the actions of those untrustworthy cops and authority figures into the collective actions of every good cop and authority figure in the country that is doing their job honestly. If you choose to think the opposite, and harbor a "F*&k the police" attitude then that is your problem not mine. You definitely will be a victim of your own stupidity and ignorance some day.

4. Based on your negative attitude towards cops, your speculation on his reason for arrest is not surprising, even though it is absurd.

5. You're not bursting my bubble buddy. It is a fact that has been written about recently, that this town has suffered break-ins while the occupants were home and asleep (wee hours of the night). This is actually very recent news. Go do some homework before you reply next time. I don't know what shows you watch but clearly you have no clue. You are a transplant indeed.

6. How convenient that you missed the part where he was also charged w/obstructing an officer in the execution of duty.

7. Cops have been shot under the exact same circumstances that lead up to the initial confrontation. Routine traffic stops. If you are unaware of that blatant fact then you are in fact the one who is hopeless. In other parts of this country, he would have been shot and it would have been justified. And you'd complain about it...

8. How about you try answering all of the questions I have posed in prior comments, as opposed to just picking and choosing random excerpts from my previous comments in some vain attempt to validate your pointless argument? I'll tell you why - Because if you did actually honestly answer them, you'd see just how absurd your argument really is. But that's fine. Open minded people w/any intelligence already know this. Do you not have an intelligent answer for the rest of the questions I posed on the previous comment?

I'm wagering based on the fact that you call yourself "Transplant", and the fact that you are so anti-cop, that you have maybe had a few unfavorable run ins w/the law. I wouldn't expect you to admit this on a public comment thread but it would certainly explain your attitude towards them and your willingness to stand up for a guy who clearly illustrated poor judgement in his actions as the cop approached his vehicle as well as in his refusal to cooperate. If the guy wasn't guilty of anything, makes all the more sense to video himself fully complying w/the police, being found completely innocent of any wrong doing, and then let go. That's a video he could take up a complaint with. But he didn't do that did he? No - He didn't cooperate. He gave them a hard time. He's one of those idiots who thinks he doesn't have to cooperate w/law enforcement because he's recording them. He was probably trying to get his 15 minutes of fame as the next Youtube sensation that video recorded a cop who was actually in the wrong. How'd that turn out for him? Perhaps you are the one who is completely hopeless.