Comment by lovich

He wasn’t impeding. He was filming which until recently was a 1A right in America.

The officer walked up to him and the woman with the backpack and started an altercation.

Using your right of way analogy the officer drove up on the sidewalk to take out your kids, no crosswalk involved.

If you’re going to defend this with a “well look at what she was wearing” type defense then you’re just ok with government agents executing citizens whenever they feel like it.