Did you watch the video that the article cites? Please do. It's what sparked this study of the statistics and the police behavior in it is completely unreasonable. What you're saying doesn't align at all with what was recorded. He could easily be an "employed programmer", your biases are showing. A lot of programmers I know would respond similarly.
> San Francisco transit boss apologizes to rider detained over a sandwich
> San Francisco transit boss apologizes to rider detained over a sandwich
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/11/san-francisc...