I think I get my head around IPSE's point a bit. He is not arguing the right or wrong of the situation. It appears more that the kid surrendered and asked for a ticket and got it.
This can and will be used against him in court and be made to look like an admission the kid is guilty of the crime. A great example of why not to engage in dialogue with cops in a detention which this clearly was.
I believe with a competent representation (hopefully this is the path the young man takes) he will beat the charges. Then if he so chooses can and may win (more than likely the city will settle) a lawsuit against the detainment that had no RAS, and the video shows the cop agreeing he had non RAS when the cop admits the kid was "legal".
To me there was no RAS, just a hunch or suspicion on the officer. This of course is assuming he had no idea who the young man was. Something I find unlikely if he has already had copfrontations.
I find the law that spells out it is obstruction even if the cop is doing something illegally atrocious to liberty, and to human rights, I would hope a court would strike that law down, yet have no faith in the statist courts.
unfortunately, as stated, the young man will walk into a small cubical, before a non lawyer magistrate who will only ask: ' how do you plead? ' & possibly listen to extenuating circumstances from the young man. if he pleads not guilty, the case will be sent to the judge for trial/adjudication ~ sometime in the future.
one hopes he fairs through the judicial system smoothly and doesn't pop off in an exuberant youth rant to the magistrate..tis not the time.
while the young man has a facebook page, i do not and searching the internet for denver area fails to retrieve a way to contact the individual, but i will contact some friends in the area and see what they can do to find a contact methodology so i can see how he fared after the 26th of this month.
SVG, i wholeheartedly agree the entire CRS cites is rift w/inconsistency especially when i saw the paragraph which basically stated ~ we don't care if the peace officer acted illegally or not... thought wow...
ipse