This reminds me of a few incidents that happened here in Portland. Twice in the last few months OFF DUTY Portland Police Officers have been involved in ‘road rage’ incidents, I know that in one of them the officer upholstered his side arm, not sure about the other one.
As for this guy, I’m not so sure he’s a ‘plain-clothes’ officer like is being reported, I think that he is an off duty officer personally. Notice what happens when the cruiser pulls up? He turns, possibly to hide himself holstering his side arm?
I agree that this guy deserves a ticket, probably for speeding, also probably one for reckless driving (he wheelie’s behind a bus). But when super-cop hops out, things get scary. Last I saw the DA hadn’t decided to pursue the charges. If they do, he probably does have a great 1st Amendment case for defense. Oddly enough, the charges are likely to be for the audio in the recording, not the video, which is the part causing all of the furor. It goes back to an old political trick, if you can’t dispute the message, crucify the messenger…
Whether or not they do pursue the charges, he may even have a 4th amendment (illegal search and seizure) case. At least, that’s what I think.