Not a straw man at all, if you found someone looking in your window for no reason, I hope that you would want to kick his ass for invading your privacy. If a cop has no reason to run your plate, then he should not invade your privacy and you should want to kick his ass as well. If not, then you can join the rest of the subjects that feel, “ Well, if you aren’t doing anything wrong you shouldn’t mind”!
You’re off on a tangent totally unrelated to this situation.