I think this is the exact point that the US police force isn't getting. It's okay to run away from an armed thief. It's not okay to kill a thief. It's not okay to kill people for simple theft, and certainly fucking not for "smoking marijuana in front of a kid".

I'd agree the feelings of individuals should generally not drive policy on such matters. I should have wrote pathetic in place of humiliating, since that better communicates the weakness of the structure of the setup rather than the focus on any individual. Mine was a commentary much like the fun poked at here with the "security monitor" bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8FNVsbnwWE

I don't think we should care what Youtube commenters find pathetic. Or even what reasonable people find pathetic. The individual dignity of police officers is not a top-tier policy concern.