Liberals are pulling out all the stops over a video showing a traffic stop by the police.

The knee-jerk reaction is typical of the anti-police Left, especially since the wave of violence from Black Lives Matter.

In Jacksonville, liberals are demanding “accountability” and local lawyers have latched onto the case.

In fact, the video shows a routine traffic stop and the driver clearly not following police directions but choosing to argue with them instead.

The only question that is raised is why the non-compliant driver was punched in the face by an officer. But in all such cases, there is an internal investigation and one by the state attorney’s office and officers who violate law or policy are held accountable.

Officers who violate rules are punished or fired by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of videos on YouTube showing drivers defying the police. It is a troubling trend that has led to fatalities.

In many cases, these people claim to be “sovereign citizens” who are not bound by the same laws all others are because they are “under common law” or some such nonsense.

Some babble meaningless legal phrases or argue about probable cause and assert erroneously that police are not allowed to touch them.

Many claim – falsely – that they do not have to produce identification or get out of the car when ordered to do so by the police.

But failing to produce identification is an arrestable offense and Supreme Court case law in Pennsylvania vs. Mims allows officers to order drivers to step out of their car without giving a reason.

In the local video, police order the driver out and he does not exit the car.

In the video, police officers break the window, unlock the car and remove the driver. It is not clear why he was punched but videos don’t always show important context. That is one reason why people should wait for an investigation to be completed before accusing the police of brutality.

This was made clear years ago in the Rodney King case, when a video left the false impression that King was beaten by Los Angeles police without reason. A jury concluded otherwise.

One problem in the local case is that you only see the defendant’s video, not the video from the officers’ bodycams.

There is another You Tube video that is very funny but also contains very good advice from comedian Chris Rock.

 If you want to argue with a police officer, the place to do it is in court, which never is held on the side of the road.