During a "routine" traffic stop, a cop suddenly finds himself fighting (http://theync.net/video/m061206cop.wmv) two men who then threaten him with a shovel...

Thankfully no one was really hurt!

It appears the kop instigated & escalated the situation. If the video is shown in court, perhaps the judge & jury will observe that also.

Yes i dunno if it will be though (I wonder if the cop was sh!tting bricks when that other truck pulled in)

I was in a fight about ten years ago now,and caught a spade across the face,took me about two years getting over it.........