Originally Posted by kane

What she (or others who might be in the car) have done in the past plays a huge role.

The cop rolled up, very aggressive. He asked her to get out of the car and called her by name so he had an idea who she was (he likely ran the car registration before and saw her name affiliated with the car and saw she was suspended). If her criminal record came back as having violence or gun or gang issues in the past, he has to assume that she or the guy in the car with her are dangerous. He claims she reached behind her back so he acted. Now, if she was just a regular, average person with a suspended license and no other criminal history, I think the cop was out of line. If he was worried she could be dangerous, maybe he was acting appropriately.

The reason I believe there is more to the story is that the backup cops are right there with him which mean he called for them before even stopping the car so he may well have suspected there was going to be trouble.