Another cop on a power trip who abuses his power the moment a citizen doesn’t lick his boots.
The driver was an idiot, no doubt. All the cop had to do was issue the ticket. There is no obligation for her to sign the ticket. She is still served and she has to pay the ticket or suffer the consequences.
The cop went power mad when the idiot driver wouldn’t submit to his demand that she put the cigarette out. He had no problem with her smoking until she back-talked him. Then out of the blue, he gives an unreasonable “order” to “put the cigarette out”. By what right? Because he can tell you to strip naked and jerk off in public and you can’t say shit because it is a “legal order” until some judge decides it is not?
Then when she exerted her right not to put out her cigarette, he went straight to DefCon 5.
This incident is 100% on the power mad cop. 100%. I assume cops are trained to deal with belligerent people who are NOT A VIOLENT THREAT to them. She was not a violent threat. Just a sassy driver with a chip on her shoulder.
The power mad cop blew it. The old “Do whatever I tell you to do, just because I told you to do it because I am the Law and you WILL SUBMIT TO MY COMMANDS no matter what.”
When did cops go down the drain?