atiger16

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He's wearing all black -- the standard "uniform"

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A standard outfit for thousands of people that in no way helps him blend into his surroundings in the broad daylight of Florida. Also doesn't have his hoodie over his head and isn't wearing a mask so his identity is not obscured in any way. Wearing clothes that would make it more difficult to commit a crime is not reasonable suspicion.

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(sometimes armed)

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So does the right to bear arms and the prevalence of guns in our society help keep us safe or make us less safe? I am pro guns by the way. I'm just sick of people using the right to bear arms as a justification for Cops to make unreasonable suspicions of threats in all interactions.

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Upon seeing the cop, he ducked into someone's backyard.

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Upon seeing the cop he continues to do the same lawful actions he was in the process of doing. Visiting his gf at her home where he had been invited to.

Also ducked? That's according to the Cop with no additional footage or third party witness.

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The cop confronts him IN SOMEONE ELSE'S BACKYARD.

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The cop does not know this is someone else's backyard until he is told so by the teen.

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THEN AND ONLY THEN is he given a lawful order and refuses to comply. He keeps texting.

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Look up Florida Highway Patrol policy regarding use of CEW (conducted electrical weapons). Specifically the difference between "active resistance" vs "passive resistance."

"The use of a CEW (conducted electrical weapon) is authorized and may be an appropriate response in the case of a sudden attack, or when ‘active resistance’ or greater is offered by a subject who is about to be taken into custody for any reason"

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The cop has no f*cking clue who he's texting. Is he texting an armed accomplice in the home.

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An armed accomplice in the home? the very same home that he is suspiciously in the backyard of and the cop thinks he is trespassing in? So either he knows the people who live there or burglars regularly meetup at the place they are robbing. If the second sounds reasonable to you, then why does neither the original or amended report by the cop give any indication that the cop had reason to believe the house had already been broken into.

Also, if he was afraid of that it sure didn't appear that way when the GF opened the door and when he had his back to it. He just says don't move and ignores it when she does.

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ringing the girl's front doorbell (like a normal person does),

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I don't know where you live and I don't live in Florida, but where I grew up no one enters someone's home through the front door. I've always entered my friends homes by going around the side and knocking on the back door and I'm not from some rural town where everyone keeps the door unlocked.