[MicroBob]

WTF at the idea that the cops were going to take his friend in if he didn't cooperate.

Friend just says, "I'm not telling you anything. Get a warrant or arrest me. Have a nice day, I'm going home."

They are NOT going to detain him or take him down to the freaking station IF he understands that he doesn't have to go. It really is as simple as that.


LOL at them looking through all the players-cards and video trying to figure it all out.
First, you really don't know that they got his license on the camera at all. LOL that every single square-inch of the entire property is being filmed and is available on the computer for them to scan through.
Second, figuring out which one it was via the players-card check-in stuff may actually be a bit harder than you think.

He threw a temper-fit and threw a beer. There is every chance in the world they aren't going to bend over backwards to try to find him. Rather, the cops could be very likely to say, "Well, if he shows up again and you can identify him then give us a call" or something like that.

Yeah, they might have spent some man-hours scanning through the video and stuff to try to figure it out. But it's definitely not a guarantee and it is worth the risk for his friend to just shut the hell up and not freaking VOLUNTEER his damn phone to the police who had no right to look at it in the first place.

Seriously, Alobar is so right about practically everything in this situation and some of you are on a completely different planet.

Almost anyone who says the cops will just do what they want and mistreat you and claim to have that happen to them were probably acting like total jack-asses in the first place and likely weren't mistreated nearly as badly as they claim to be.
They aren't going to take you out back and threaten to put a bullet in your head if you don't hand-over your cell-phone. And they can't freaking arrest you for saying, "not without a warrant. I know my rights."


Here's what happened:
TJ throws a beer and runs away.
Friend who is still there says, "Oh my goodness. I actually know the person who threw the beer and the cops are (gasp) actually LOOKING at me. Thus I have no choice but to give them my cell-phone."