They are payed by taxes and that's why people need to COOPERATE and not waste an officers time. And the woman clearly has an attitude, that's why the officer asked her if there was a problem. And even while he just wanted to give her a warning she assumed she was getting fined.
Here in The Netherlands police are much softer, and in a lot of cases they can be. But they also can't do much against people bad mouthing and dissrespecting them. It has lead to a situation where more and more people have ZERO respect for the police and badmouth them whenever it suits them. Making their job harder.
Is that a new thing? I grew up in the Netherlands but haven't lived there since 2002. Growing up the police came to school to explain their jobs and basically befriend the new generation. Is that no longer done? I don't remember any disrespect from my generation, well except at soccer matches which seem to be an excuse for anarchy.
I do remember a case of someone dying in a police cell in Amsterdam which was a big issue. Once you incarcerate someone, you're responsible for their well being. Suicide or not, the police is still responsible for her death.
The police weren't soft either lol. I was at a demonstration in The Hague to do with education policies in 1993. Almost got hit by a ME van backing up at high speed. Ah the good old days. Got to protect parliament from those dangerous 18 year olds.
That incident did lower respect for the police a lot.
It's gotten worse in recent years, especially in some regions. These days there are incidents on a weekly basis(though social media might make them more noticable to). Just recently a person got killed because of an harsh arrest(a neck hold that was held for to long). Then there were protests because they guy died but everyone seems to forget that he wasn't co-operating at all and that this is what happens when people keep pushing the limits and patience of officers. People get hurt unnecessarily.
