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Depending on which side of the fence your on may color how you perceive what happened in the video. What I saw in the video was that both sides were at fault for the way the incident played out. Here is Austin PD's response to Officer O'Connor's actions. He got a 3 day suspension.

Here's the Chief's Report to the Director of Civil Service:
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/opm/download ... 06-635.pdf

Here's the Transcript of the IA interview:
http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/statesman/pdf ... idavit.pdf

Edit:

After further thought...

If I had been the officer this is how I would have approached the vehicle.

Me: Good afternoon sir, I'm officer [insert name here] with the Austin PD. The reason I stopped you to day is that you have no LP visible and you were traveling over the posted speed limit. May I see your driver's license and proof of Insurance.

I understand about verbal escalation and Officer O'Connor's initial contact was a recipe for disaster. Had I been the driver, I would have not escalated the situation like the person Officer O'Connor stopped however, the average person when confronted in the same manner might respond in a defensive manner that the officer could perceive as a challenge to his authority.