Since the boyfriend is driving the car in Canada, police can stop him at any time and ask to see his license and vehicle registration along with vehicle insurance, which is mandatory here. They don’t need suspicion or evidence of a traffic offense, they can just stop a driver at any point and ask for this information. If they suspect you are driving under the influence of alcohol, they can force you to take a breath test. You cannot decline these requests without risking arrest. Canadians do not even have the right to speak to a lawyer before a breathalyzer test.

And so if you ask them why, they can then just casually reach over and spray you? The cop seemed pretty callous to me. Not moving as if it were a life or death decision; just moving as if he did it because he could. So, the cops are just as big of buttholes as they are here in the states. Good to know. Luckily for me, I have no urge to ever go up north again. Thanks.

The expression on the officers face looked more like exasperation, to me, than sadistic.
Canada is completely different than the states, when it comes to interacting with the cops (constables). If he wants your id, you don’t have the right to refuse. They know that. Also, if you think the courts are biased in favor of the cops here, Canada makes our courts look like cop haters.
We don’t know how long that interaction was taking place before the events we see here. The fact that there’s 3 cops standing next to them and no others in site, suggests there more going on here than we know of.
My guess is that the guy doesn’t have a license.

Yeah, I don’t see exasperation. He’s a d$ck in any case. Excessive use of force, assault; those are a thing. He violated them. If it were you, you’d be in jail. He’s a cop, so he’s not. I’m not saying the woman is right, but he’s not either. If he had been in my team, I would have drummed him out of the service. But then again, I was a professional.

You don’t know any of that.
You don’t know what has taken place prior to small window we have available.
You don’t know that officer or what kind of a person he is. In fact, it appears as though you are biased by your own less than ideal interactions with law enforcement and are painting ALL officers with the same brush. Due to your bias.
An officer does NOT need to be assaulted or threatened in order to be justified in the use of pepper spray. Passive resistance is enough, which appears to be the case here.I

I expect more information to become available as things progress.

He was obviously not in danger. You can tell that easily. Not just from the way the arm was resting on the door, but the way the officer was moving. That makes him a d$ck. And yes, I do hate cops. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that he was obviously not in danger. You act much differently than that then. And if he was not in danger, he is a d#ck. Certainly not a professional.

By the way, I didn’t see you scolding anyone else for their biases in favor of the cop. Or against the woman (who I agree is childish, but how is that not the norm today?). A little consistency. Is the badge so sacred? Law is how they outlaw freedom.

There was only one other person on here making numerous argumentative posts and I advised him against such behavior. You are the only one making numerous biased rants and judgements. Over a dozen anti police posts, not counting the arguments.

“Passive resistance”.
Since it appears you didn’t catch that part in my previous post, I’ll repeat it. When an officer gives you a lawful order and you refuse to comply. Refusing to get out of your car, refusing to put your hands behind your back or even just locking your car door. Are all passive forms of resisting arrest.
We don’t know enough about things yet, to be able to determine if he was justified in his actions or not.

You don’t know she refused. But we do know the officer didn’t raise his voice in a command. We know he was not in danger as the move was too casual. It is also done the way I have seen it done before. But I guess you believe that when you are told to do something by the cops you should only obey without asking/questioning/anything. I’m sorry, but that is a bit slavish for me. I didn’t realize you don’t have a pair of balls. And as for abusive, I am not the one mocking the woman, I am the only one questioning authority. But whatever. By the way, I don’t need your help with that imbecile. I can carry my own water. Even though you would probably have to ask an authority figure to do it for you.

I never said she refused. She wasn’t even the driver.

You DO NOT know whether the officer raised his voice. You only have e few seconds of video at the END of their interaction.

You are not “questioning” authority, at least not here, you are ACCUSING them.
Besides, you do not “question” authority by resisting arrest, at least rational people don’t, you monitor them and question their actions.

I believe in following LAWFUL orders. Not following them could get you pepper sprayed and arrested. If it is NOT a lawful order, then I may follow it or not, depending on a great many factors. Without risk of getting pepper sprayed and arrested. Knowing the difference could keep you out of jail. I

For someone who purports to know the law, your comments bring that claim into question.

Real men know when to stand their ground.
Cowards are judgemental, they insult and demean people over the internet. All while claiming to be tough guys.

Look slave, you can tell he went from checking to see if he was being watched to then just spraying them. It’s obvious. Not my fault you are blind. You believe in blind submission and also that it is legitimate to have violence inflicted upon you if you don’t. This was just a check point. A revenue collection point; or armed robbery if you want to be exact. You can tell that by the set-up. I can see why Canada has the wimpiest tyrant in history with your attitude. Real men stand. You don’t have the backbone to do so. Sorry, but I find your submissiveness disgusting. I can’t stand the soy-latte types. But I don’t pity you. It’s your choice to be a slave.

I see a dim future for you bud. Your hate and anger will be your downfall. No one got up this morning thinking they would go after you. That’s paranoia.

He just admitted that one should automatically submit to authority without thinking and that all orders from them are justified. That is the definition of a slave mind. If you can’t see that, then you can join him. As for me, I don’t mind being alone as long as I’m free. I don’t like slaves. They don’t value life.

“Passive resistance” is enough to justify assault? Really??? Is that some type of Canadian colloquialism? We had an entire civil rights revolution in the United States based on morally reprehensible actions by law enforcement officials… as well morally reprehensible lynch mobs (same folks , just different uniforms). The only difference is that we labeled “passive” resistance as “non-violent” resistance. It worked legally for Martin Luther King (not to mention Ghandi). It should work for everyone.

Personally I believe the pepper spray happy officer should be convicted of assault because the video presents enough clear evidence to call a spade a spade. Unfortunately, because our judicial branch of government doesn’t have the backbone (or has been sufficiency corrupted in one form or another) to apply our legislatively adopted laws equally to the executive branch of government, these gross travesties will continue to happen. In my opinion, it is this corrupted third pillar of government that should be causing the most concern for citizens of both countries.