Or , hear me out here. He could have complied and shown them his ID and moved on with his life?
Come on man. When has resisting the police ever ended well for a person? Find me one time? Cause for the life of me, resisting the cops is akin to putting your dick in a gators mouth. If you think you are gonna be slick enough to escape, I'm just gonna laugh my ass of when they shoot you and call anyone a moron for defending you like shit could have ended any other way.