If she was following his orders and there was no logical reason for him to be raising his voice, yes, I totally get it. But when you are knowingly and purposely totally ignoring the orders of of law enforcement during a traffic stop, I think it is ridiculous to act as if the officer is the one at fault for raising his voice..
Could he have handled it differently. Of course. SHE could have handled it differently as well. But it is 100% her fault she was arrested. Period.
I watched the unedited video before I made judgements. You made judgements on the cop having the nerve to raise his voice to her in the first place. I assume prior to seeing the video form the beginning.
I think it is crazy that now cops are not allowed to raise their voices if someone is not complying during a traffic stop or they are "not handling it" properly. They are the police. They are meant to be authoritative. If they have tried numerous times to get you to comply, and you refuse, then that is on you. People are supposed to fear the consequences of breaking the law. They are not supposed to be treated with kids gloves because the consequences make them uncomfortable.
I am sorry that you put such a broad stroke on my comments and turned them into:
"any person who thinks it's crazy/ridiculous/etc for a civilian to be afraid of a cop is asinine"
when it was clear I was commenting on this particular situation.
We have different opinions on this. I doesn't make you asinine.
The officer can raise his voice & assert his position, but the moment a civilian says "you are making me afraid" or calls for other cops to come because this cop is making them afraid. IT IS that cops responsibility to assess and gain control over the situation. My point is just because a person is in a position where they can assert power doesn't mean they have to remain at a certain level to assert that power. Nothing she did changed between him standing there while she was on the phone with the operator - to him arresting her while she was still on the phone with the operator. Aside for his patience, and that's on him. She didn't curse at him, she didn't gesture at him like she was going to harm him. That escalation is on him. I'm not even saying she shouldn't have been arrested. I'm saying that the point that he decided to arrest her - is on him. He didn't arrest her when she got out of her car the second time so.. he could've waited for other officers to show up to arrest her.
Regardless if you're in an authoritative position, it's not "babying" to step back and recognize that your actions are coming off as harsh or threatening especially if that's not your intention. You can be authoritative without being threatening, and regardless of how we interpret the situation she saw this officer as being a potential threat to her safety. So saying that its ridiculous for her to feel that way is asinine. She felt what she felt, and how you interpret it isn't going to change that moment of her life.
I just chose to word is this way, because I didn't want you to take it as a personal "she thinks i am foolish". The statement "She felt unsafe because he was raising his voice because she refused to get back in the car? Really? C'mon." dismisses any other causes she could have to an inherent fear of an officer. She could be afraid of men, and it's a male officer who's raising his voice at her. She could have a fear of cops because of how she's seen/heard other peoples experiences with cops & how it goes wrong. We don't know, but how you worded your statement says that you think its crazy/ridiculous for her to be afraid of him - period.