well we should ask a FOH popo if the perp really was "shoving stuff" down the bag and back of the seats (i can't really tell) i mean if he's moving his hands all meth like, i'm sure thats gonna make the popo jumpy.
Lol nice avatar update.
When stuff like this happens. There is always time to arm chair quarter back how things might have worked out better. Sometimes something might make the most sense and plays out bad, and stuff that normally wouldn't be considered the 1st go to thing actually works out great. A lot of it is dependant on how unpredictable react.
This stuff is hard to watch when you are not in the job. But one example I would point out is when the guy basically screamed at him that he was done fucking around with him. Unprofessional you could argue but on the other hand it actually bought compliance all the way thru until escorting to the car and they were wrenching on the cuffs a bit. Getting arrested as an uncoop is going to yes get you some pain compliance and usually even if you've began cooperating, they are not going to make it comfortable as they do things like move you and make it easier for you to try and make a break for it.
In the first 30 seconds could he have done more to sweet talk the guy into cooperating or at least holding still. Maybe. But I'd put a pretty high bet the guy probably had warrants. It's a pretty small portion of the population that is recurrent offenders and this suspect seemed to know what was up and very cagey. Whether an experienced criminal or a oblivious house wife, most people kinda know how to react to police and continuing to be non compliant after you've gotten them to hands on/pull a toy is very rare unless you are super guilty, or super drunk and out of your mind.
With that in mind, I suggest re watching some of these split second officers under fire from even more benign seeming stops. Then you might sorta understand a little why seeing someone actively making furtive movements ignoring direct commands to stop moving around/stuffing things. It's not even about catching drugs at that point, it's what weapon are they hiding or readying possibly.