Lawsuit: Virginia police officers threatened man during stop

[Benton]

(04-13-2021, 10:32 AM)TheUberHuber Wrote: Oh, I forgot about the window tint. I find it hard to believe they were unable to see it until he stopped though, as their lights would have lit up his rear window.. And yeah, I am not sure how you could watch that and not think it was unnecessarily escalated by the cops. 

(04-13-2021, 10:40 AM)Au165 Wrote: It's pretty tough, even in the video once they get in the gas station it is difficult to see and there is no way they could have read it while driving to see it was a valid tag. In most places, not sure VA's laws, but that display isn't a legal display of a tag because most states require the tag to be illuminated for just that reason. 

The crappy part about this is the police seemed to have justified pointing loaded firearms (which implies deadly force) over A- having tinted windows and B- having a temporary plate that was obscured because of A. I'm not familiar with state law there, but I'm assuming these are misdemeanors. If even a crime at all.

There's a huge problem with officers implying the use of force over traffic violations.