Dana Myers wrote:
> I've been pulled-over at least 15 times that I can recall; mostly
> before I was 30 years old, and just once in the last 10 years.
> I've had plenty of interactions with police doing traffic enforcement;
> a few of those cops were *****, a few of them were remarkably polite,
> the rest of them were somewhere in-between. Heck, I remember the
> one day I'd gone for a lunch-time ride in the canyons and was
> chased by a helicopter down Malibu Canyon, and stopped by two
> cars; I was doing everything the officers said I was.
>
> Obviously, I didn't get a ticket every time I was pulled over;
> there were a few times I really should have, and there were a
> couple really chicken-sh*t tickets in there. One ticket,
> I absolutely hadn't done what the officer said I did, and he could
> not have seen me do it anyway. I was yelled-at a few times, I
> was asked for my license for no given reason one time. I ran
> across at least one like O'Connor.
>
> But, I never once was ordered out/off of the vehicle, and I never
> once was Tased. In every case, I gave the officer the legally-
> required do***ents, and I either got a ticket or I didn't, and
> I drove away.
The widespread carrying of tasers is fairly new. You have only been
pulled over once in 10 years? That means that most of your encounters
were with police who were probably not carrying this massively overused
device.
> So, forgive me for "knuckling under", but it has nothing to do
> with "jackbooted thugs" being correct. It has to do with simple
> common sense; if I'm driving a car and a cop asks for my license,
> I don't turn into a civil-rights demonstrator. I'm polite to the
> officer and show him/her my license and save any argument for the
> courtroom - even when my pride is being needlessly hurt.
>
> Dana
I am not suggesting that you, or I, stand up and fight and argue at the
scene. I also fully kiss their ass, it is the smart thing to do. It is
also one of the more repulsive things I have done, but it is better than
an ass-kicking.
I am talking about the reaction to seeing what was shown, as well as
similar situations. People should be completely outraged instead of
trying to justify the actions of the officer.
Pat
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