You'll have to excuse my lack of a comment above...
I am split on this issue. The cop demanding the ID seemed nice enough and seemed to follow all the guidelines
that every cop in America follows. He was polite but didn't give the 'suspect' any information on his investigation (thus the "investigating an investigation" line).... There are reasons that cops do this -most notably to prevent criminals from having the knowledge of what the cop knows. This is a tactic.
So if you watch the video and compare it to anything else you see on "Cops" (the tv show) -Deputy Dove seems justified in cuffing and stuffing Hiibel. I mean domestic violence is a serious crime in America -cops should have the leeway to investigate.
(I'm not going to comment on the cops taking down that little girl. To be perfectly honest it pissed me off to see that
and it's not the point of the Supreme Court case.)
However, this whole "investigation" runs headway into my belief that government should preserve the right not to be stopped and searched without a warrant (or at least a reason).
On the other hand -One should note that since
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Mimi got mad at her dad and punched him in the shoulder.
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-that Dudley was the victim of domestic violence here. Not all domestic violence victims really want to press charges against their attackers....
If this sounds confusing it's because I really can't make up my mind about what's best.