Story time. I was going to a local Community College which was not in the nicest area. I was leaving one day and got pulled over. Very quickly two other squad cars pull up, one with a K9. I quickly realize this is not a simple rolled a stop sign stop in the officers mind.
One cop on driver side one cop on passenger side and the K9 officer a ways back. One asks where I was coming from, etc, one asked for ID. I explain it is in my wallet in my back pocket. They ask me to get it. A few minutes later one comes back, confers with the other officer, hand hands me my ID, insurance, etc. back and explains my vehicle matched the description of a car used in a armed robbery.
I never reached for anything unless asked to, answered any questions they had the best I could. Amazing the difference remaining calm and following a few simple instructions they have can make everyone’s life easier, and you less tasered/dead/etc.
>>>I never reached for anything unless asked to, answered any questions they had the best I could. Amazing the difference remaining calm and following a few simple instructions they have can make everyone’s life easier, and you less tasered/dead/etc.
I tell all my HS classes the same thing - You don’t argue with cops, ever. The only time for argument is in court with a lawyer on your side, who is the only person you talk to after arrest. If you’re doing nothing illegal and resist in anyway, it doesn’t matter what you did anymore - you’ve just did something illegal by resisting.