The pocket knife was 3 inches long. It takes 2 hands to open it, and one of his hands was holding the camera and cell phone. They also know who this guy is, since he is an activist who goes around filming the police. This is a tiny little town(population 9000) and it's the largest town in the county. They have virtually no crime, and the only time a cop has ever been killed there was 1905.
But the biggest thing is, in Adams v Williams, the supreme court says that cops can only do a Terry frisk on someone if they are suspected of a crime. Which he was not.
Anyway... thanks for the comment.... thanks for checking out my video. Please check out some of my other videos like the one where a man is arrested for trespassing on public property.