As working cop, something similar to this happened. I was stopped in Tennessee for a trumped up left of center something. The cop saw my pistol on my hip which I allowed him to take off me. I explained my reasons for having it (going to Tampa to pick up a murderer), and he looked dubious. He said “you’all want to open up your trunk?” I said “No.” He threw me against the cruiser and handcuffed me. I calmly turned to him and said “Ya’ll want to give me your wallet? Cause I’m gonna have it.” After I was released, my lawyer went after him for reparations of my wages, my time off, my humiliation and a half dozen other reasons, he lost his badge, I won a little bit of money and my lawyer was paid in full and didn’t cost the state of Tenn. a penny. Reason ? REASONABLE search and seizure. His defense? He wouldn’t allow a search of the trunk. He asked ME “You want to open your trunk?” and I just didn’t WANT to.
Yep, thats what I meant...You’ll take the “ride”...Because they are the one’s in control...Sounds to me like another example of a Law Enforment professional taking it a little too far, when it really didn’t need to...
I’ve been on the receiving end of a similar incident, and my ability to be cool under pressure, never raised my voice, never said anything personal or declarative to the officer(s) making the contact with me, they just didn’t like how cool I was, and took offense at my not taking their bait to become unglued at their provocation...Which is something that did come out in court, and on the video tapes...The judge threw whatever nonsense (his words) the PD and the DA came up with on me and paid me an exhorbant amount of reparation...
When it came to their positions in that department, I was the bigger person in the deal and told the judge that I would rather have them still on the job, than on the streets, not learning the lesson...
Not every civilian is a boogy-man...But I kinda heard in some academies that that IS taught to the rookies...
How unfortunate for those communities that hire these graduates...