Originally Posted by
Rdenney
He said, "anyone with any sense knows that when things get tense, you comply with whatever the police officer is ordering you to do."
In addition to the points you make, I'd like to point out that the sentence (from the article) quoted above is nothing but "when a mugger demands your wallet, hand it over - just do whatever it takes to get out of there uninjured." That's just practical advice, it doesn't set a legal standard, and Dr. Dao isn't at fault for failing to hand over his wallet to a mugger that happened to be wearing a t-shirt screen-printed with the word "police."