Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Life and police work isn't purely black and white, and officers need to be trained to defuse issue rather than to escalate them.
It doesn't sound like there was much escalation. The officer probably wasn't busy and didn't feel like arguing with the dip**** so he let him spend some time in a cell. Escalating would have been punching the cyclist like they did here in Vancouver a while back.
You don't get arrested for not carrying ID but refusing to provide ID and remaining silent seems pointless and unnecessary.