I am just curious as to the reasoning why anyone would walk up to a T-stop, unless they know the officer(s), carrying a weapon and not expect the officer(s) to address the situation....:question:
How does someone legally carrying present any more of a threat to "officer safety" than someone driving a car on the street beside the scene, or someone NOT carrying, but walking a large dog beside the scene, or someone sitting on their porch half a mile away, cleaning their scoped .308 deer rifle, or someone walking across their yard next to the stop with a can of gasoline for their lawnmower and a Zippo in their pocket, or someone flying a model airplane 100 feet above the scene?
You must remember that through Federally-funded and mandated training programs, local LEAs are being indoctrinated to believe that EVERY citizen is a clear and present danger to "officer safety", and it is completely acceptable (and in fact, Federally Mandated) behavior for LEOs to treat EVERY person they encounter--even incidental contact--with an elevated level of suspicion, an overwhelming level of verbal and attitudinal force, and if they offer any resistance, or insist on being treated like human beings with "rights", they are to be immediately put in the same category as a terrorist in the officer's mind.
So videotaping an LEO is, under the training they are receiving, a sort of terroristic activity.
That is what our nation is coming to--federalized LE from top to bottom; unmitigated suspicion of ALL people who don't wear a badge. hold "elected office", or have diplomatic plates; and an absolute disdain for the very idea that "mere citizens" actually have "rights"...