Posted on 12/02/2014 5:05:57 AM PST by Kaslin
For the cops, it’s like having a “Dumb Ass” detector. You just got detained by a man in uniform carrying several weapons. You say “yes sir/no sir”, he knows you’re not a dumb ass. If you don’t...
I did too.
No, actually, he doesn't. He has a gun, a badge, and a uniform to enforce the law, and to protect himself. He has absolutely NO obligation, or even suggestive mission statement, to protect YOU. "Protect and Serve" is just feel-good propaganda.
Ask the Supreme Court about it if you think otherwise.
YOU have a gun to protect YOU.
“LMAO! That’s gotta be a photoshop, right?”
Likely so since there are no spelling errors.
Correct... I’d defer to the officer automatically.
Of course unless I get pulled over, (I hope NEVER) I’d have no occasion to actually talk to an officer.
Don't be a 12 year old with a BB gun. Don't walk into stairwells with your girlfriend. Don't answer the door with a Wii controller in your hand. Don't walk through Walmart with a BB rifle over your shoulder. Don't sell cigarettes on street corners. Don't reach for your cane in the bed of your pickup truck. Don't reach for your wallet. Don't try and drive away from plain clothed police officers who don't identify themselves. Don't drive around in cars that are not the same make and color as the one a murder suspect is believed to be driving.
My respect is limited to title ...... no officer, yes officer. No trooper, yes trooper..... As you state respect is earned. I respect the fact that a LEO or FLEA can create havoc an anarchy in my life be they honest or dishonesty. Choice of action is mine in the encounter, final decision is his imo. My tag line... When I was a deputy sheriff, career military and contractor I lived that tag line. Still do today as its got me this far in life.
Stay Safe !!
No sweat.
In a just world Bergdahl would be in jail. In WWII he would have been in front of a firing squad.
I had a gun pointed at me after being vehicularly profiled. I was pulled over by a trooper on a highway (I assumed for speeding) and he approached the car while I was looking for my license. When I looked up there was a revolver in my face. Turns out my car matched the description of a car used in an armed robbery. Things diffused considerably when he saw I was traveling with my wife and that there was a baby in a car-seat.
My father’s wisdom (and he would have known, but that’s another story for another time): There are only two sorts of people you should never argue with, a cop and a judge.
So did I in 68. Something about the 60s.
If Mike Brown were at work, or at school, or doing something productive around the house, he would most likely not have been shot.
If you place yourself in bad situations, bad things, sometimes tragic things happen.
Agree generally, but unless an officer has done something to immeditately lose that respect, there's nothing wrong with giving them the benefit of doubt. If "sir" is simply too submissive for you, you could always say "yes, officer" or "no, officer."
At any rate, a trooper lights me up. Michigan Ave at that point has 6 lanes and a concrete curb, no place to pull off. Honestly, I was thinking of the officers safety not wanting to stop dead in the middle of a lane on a busy street so I proceeded to the next light and turned off and pulled over. I sat there wondering why he wasn't getting out of his car for about a minute, then 2 more cars come screeching in, lights and sirens. I'm ordered out at gunpoint. Once I explain myself, everything calms down and I take my butt-chewing for not stopping immediately... they thought It was stolen vehicle or some other debauchery. To this day, I still believe I was doing the right thing, but I can tell you this, I won't do it again. Having a gun pointed at me pisses me off, I don't care for it at all.
Oh and believe it or not, after about 1/2 hour of checking everything, they let me go home with a verbal warning. He didn't want to deal with towing my truck and all the BS associated.
Police Officer: 'if you don’t want to get shot...just do what I tell you.'
Reason.com ^ | 08/19/2014 | J.D. Tuccille
Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 1:37:57 PM by Rusty0604
Same thing kind of happened to me and a friend. We were in her car but I was driving home at about 2 in the morning from a night out when the red lights hit me. Before he got to the car he saw there were 2 women in it and only had his hand on his gun. An identical car had been stolen not an hour before he stopped us. Because of the time of night he followed us home and waited til we got in the apartment. ;)
At the same time, every day approx. twenty black males are shot and killed by other black males. And about once a day one small black child is killed by stray bullets coming from the gun of a black male. The vultures don't descend on those cases. Now why is that?
Was driving home late one night and had a flat tire. I’m jacking up my truck when a Highway Patrol car pulls over and lights me up.
I stop jacking and start walking back to his car ... with the tire iron in my hand. I suddenly stop and think about how this must look, drop the tire iron and raise my hands.
He gets on his loud speaker and says he is only keeping the semis away from me, so I don’t get blown off the jack. Nice guy.
The time I was lying face down in the street, hands behind my head, while a cop stood over me with his gun drawn. Well ... lets just call that a misunderstanding.
Since then, I've been pulled over about half a dozen times for various driving offenses of which I was 100% guilty of all of them. I simply repeated the same procedure each time...yes sir, no sir all in a calm tone.
But that was the only really nasty cop. The other times the policemen were professional and a few almost apologetic. I've only had to pay one traffic ticket. But the rule is: be nice to the cop, and he might let you off without a ticket. So far, so good.
Many years ago I was pulled over by a NY state trooper for speeding who chewed me out for immediately pulling over where there was limited area to stop. A week later another trooper lit my car up. I turned on my right blinker and drove three hundreds yards where I could safely pull over. The female trooper had her gun half drawn and was screaming at me why didn’t I immediately pull over. Also its bad advice to immediately get your drivers license when pulled over. Keep your hands on the steering wheel and wait for him to approach. When asked for the license then tell him you are retrieving it from wherever.
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