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Originally Posted by tstew
Prax, I'll read more info as it is released. I know we can go around in circles. I'm just saying that at some point before he was arrested, he did in fact provide satisfacory ID. The two sides will undoubtedly present their sides differently, but he did at some point before his arrest identify himself as the homeowner and someone innocent of any wrong doing. At that point, the officer was operating "with the knowledge of a man merely coming home to his house". At that point even if he is irate, you apologize for the mistake and leave in my opinion. I have not seen anything that would suggest that he would have been a danger to anyone at that point.
I guess I'm just not sure who was being "Protected and Served" by his arrest.
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You're right about the ID thing, at least according to the news accounts. But he wasn't arrested for questions about the ID or even pushing on the door to his own home.
The prof seems to have been yelling at the cop inside the house. After the cop left and appeared to have walked away from the confrontation, the prof followed him outside and involved hmself in behavior that was "disruptive" and "disorderly." There were many witnesses to that behavior and it was for this that the prof was arrested.
Police are given latitude to make discretionary arrests and to even simply "hold" someone who is behaving in a disorderly fashion.