Commiefornia Police Kick in Door and Taze Person Filming Them

[Ronin13]

No, he doesn't.

I'm gonna have to agree with Kraven on this- while yes, there are circumstances where police have just authority to enter a home, you have to recognize that those circumstances don't exist every single time. Kraven is right, the must be a balance. Someone please explain, at what point does police showing up and wanting to talk (not relative to the OP video, I'm talking in general) mean that you HAVE to talk with them? If it's a potential DV? What if it's a simple noise complaint from a neighbor? Do you really need to even give them the time of day? Not saying ignore them, but I'd like to know, if no law is clearly broken in the LE's presence, going just off of the RP (let's just say for argument's sake that the RP is not inside the house but a neighbor), where do you draw the line between exigent circumstances and hearsay? It kind of goes to a question I had a long time ago that I never was able to find an answer, if someone were to call in a REDDI report on me (do they still do this?) and a cop shows up, what grounds does he have for stopping me if he didn't witness anything that indicates I may be intoxicated? Serious question, not trying to incite argument.

So with all this heated, emotional talk, mostly between the LEOs/Former LEOs on here and those of us who have no LE experience, but also don't like hypothetical scenarios where our rights could be trampled, let's take a step back and all agree that there's not enough info to really make a call on the OP video... I think the main point of contention here is that some of us would like clarity, if the cops show up at your door, regardless of the call, do you necessarily have to comply with their orders if there is zero evidence of a crime being or having been committed (going based on outside witness statement)? At what point is them kicking your door down justified if there is no evidence of a crime? Not trying to argue- I've never had the cops come to my door in an instance where my door could be kicked down, but I also step outside and speak with them cordially and respectfully.