Originally Posted by Pearl Trade

From Wikipedia:
A felony traffic stop occurs when police stop a vehicle in that the driver is already known to be a suspect in a crime (such as an armed robbery, bank robbery, rape, etc). In such a traffic stops, police strongly prefer to have as many officers present as possible before effecting the arrest.

During such stops, officers will have their weapons drawn and typically over a loudspeaker announce for the driver to show their hands, step out and face away from the officer, walking backwards towards him. The driver is then taken into custody and the vehicle is typically searched.


To make every minor traffic stop a felony stop is simply not possible. Not enough resources, takes time, etc.

A cop pulling his gun out on an already freaked out driver who was speeding or had a tail light out is not reasonable. Police understand that the people they pull over are already scared and will show signs of being nervous, so do you think adding a gun to the mix will help the situation? If I see Johnny Law looking at me with his gun drawn, I'm gonna be scared shitless.

I bet he was told to keep his weapon tucked away because he took it out way too much, like the officer in the OP video did.

Speeding and reckless driving doesn't warrant presenting a deadly force. The biker in that video did nothing to give the policeman reason to pull his gun out. People speed and drive crazy all the time, it's almost "normal behavior." I'll probably take a little shit for claiming it to be normal behavior, but as far as traffic violations go, I bet they're at the top of the list for occurence.