Hysterical wasn't it? The LEO was just out of his mind. Of course even though the police chief suspended the officer he found a way to try and blame the victim. Having a camera in place means that you must be looking for trouble.
I thought it was pretty darn smart.
The sad thing is that now that this LEO has been caught acting like a fool his buddies will hound the kid out of town. He will not be able to drive a block without a ticket, or cross a street, or much of anything else. It will be life under a microscope.
I had this happen to me. I was held at gunpoint, as a "suspect" in a strongarm robbery. I was taller, younger, and shoulder length hair, and had a full beard, the real guy was clean shaven. After grilling me in 30 degree weather for over an hour, one of the cops decided to search my car, finding nothing, but punching holes through both of my front seats with his nightstick. They ended up letting me go, but the one cop was very beliggerent, to put it mildly. He followed me home after they let me go.
About a year later, I bought a new truck, and he pulled me over, using the excuse that my truck fit the description of a guy wanted both by the bank, so they could repo it, and the cops for FTA on a DUI and driving on a suspended license. The was true, the guy in front of me when I got my plates had an identical truck and got a plate one number ahead of mine. He didn't recognize me at first, since the beard and hair was gone, but he did by the time he ran me. He made me late for work, then let me go. About 3 days later, I started getting pulled over, again and again. The cop who didn't like me, and 3 other cops began pulling me over constantly, to "check" if I was the guy driving a truck like mine.
After this went on for about a month, I had just about had enough, so I called a detective who had been the lead investigator a couple of years before when I was robbed, and told him what was happening. He laughed and told me those 4 guys were drinking buddies and to keep a little notebook of when, where, who, etc, stopped me, and when it was full, to call him back.
It didn't take long, and he said, "Those guys are in deep S**T, and after it was all done, I was paid $100 for my seat damage, and I basically had a "let him go" traffic ticket immunity for about 2 years. I got a new car and was pulled over by one of the 4 guys and as soon as he recognized me, he said," Just be careful sir!", and went right back into his car and took off. A year later, the first cop pulled me over for a legit reason, and asked me for my license, and then after checking, let me go. He was as polite as could be.
The police have to be really careful messing with this kid, as that camera could cause problems for any cop not doing it totally by the book.
