Muy macho cops in Louisiana no?

> "You don't turn your back on a cop," Officer Hatchett explained.

Well, Bozo Hatchett got that one right.  You DON'T turn your back on a cop - you back away from him - so that he can't do what Hatchett did and attack when you're back is turned.

> "Officers Hatchett and Mitchell had the considerable advantage of youth, height, weight and weaponry over Miller," That last seems to be another failing on Miller's part, and another reason for backing away.  Miller will remember that thugs are thugs, regardless of what uniform they might wear, and one needs to protect himself from such.