Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

simply not true..

a police officer cannot arrest you for not shutting up if he says "shut up", he has to have a reason to arrest you such as "causing a disturbance" and it would be proper procedure to inform someone of such..

regardless even if it was proper police procedure i dont think the majority of americans want police to arrest people for asking a question .. police are there to PROTECT AND SERVE not to just dole out arbitrary punishment. I think its completely reasonable to want have police state their request and what will happen if they don't comply..

we have all heard this many times either in real life or on cops. they say "stop ___" or you will be arrested for ____" if they dont comply they are arrested..

i have never seen a cop say " don't stand near that pole" and someone say " why" and then they get tackled and arrested.

the guy overreacted and was an idiot , that is not in question , i think anyone can agree on that ,, but its not unreasonable for them to answer him when he asks why ..