Joe Harker
While supposedly used to protect citizens as well as the force, a police body cam filmed the moment a father and son were arrested for doing exactly what the officers asked them to do.
The duo were cuffed by two Texas police officers who seemed to be pretty short on patience - despite the pair seeming to do everything that was asked of them.
The shocking footage filmed via an officer's body cams was shared on Reddit in 2020, and begins with a police officer pulling over Dillon Puente on claims of him making an improper right turn.
As far as the officer, later identified as sergeant Blake Shimanek, is concerned it seems Puente can't do right for doing wrong.
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Shimanek seemingly loses it over everything he does - including what he's asking him to do.
The trigger seemed to be Puente rolling up his window as he opens the door - despite immediately stopping when asked to do so.
You can watch the frightening incident unfold below:
But it's when Dillon's father, Marco Puente, happens on the scene - which is presumably near home for both of them - Shimanek's mood really becomes tense.
This is despite Marco keeping his distance and, like his son, doing exactly what he's asked to do.
Back to the start and, complying with the sergeant's orders, young Dillon steps out of the car and does everything he's told to do - including putting his hands behind his back and staying still.
The officer keeps escalating, asking Dillon 'why are you acting so suspicious' when he's putting the handcuffs on him.
He said: "You rolled your window up when I'm walking up for a routine traffic stop, 'aint nothing going on.
"You roll your window up, what does that look like to me?"
Despite following every single instruction Shimanek gives him he still ends up arrested and in handcuffs.
While Dillon tries to explain that he was just rolling up his window, Shimanek is having none of it and also tells another driver coming down the road to move along.
That other driver is Marco Puente, Dillon's dad, who almost immediately gets threatened with arrest for 'blocking the road'.
Marco pulls over in his car as he's told to do by the police and gets a camera on the cops arresting his son, which draws their attention.
Another officer approaches Marco and goes to arrest him as he stands on the other side of the street filming the encounter, not committing any crimes whatsoever.
Police drag him to the ground and grab for his phone to stop him filming, then start pepper spraying him for the non-existent crime of standing by the side of the road.
In the end Marco sued the Texan city of Keller for the incident, and was paid out a settlement of $200,000 in compensation.
Police sergeant Shimanek, the sergeant who pulled Dillon over and directed the arrests, had previous incidents where his conduct had been called into question.
There was a 2016 incident where he went into a home without a search warrant or permission from the homeowner, while in 2018 he said women shouldn't carry guns because they wouldn't be able to protect kids from a school shooting.
Keller Police Department chief Brad Fortune agreed with the allegation that Puente was arrested for an offence he didn't commit, Shimanek was demoted, and later resigned.
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