[ClearCase_guy]

Everybody behaved legally here -- but the police officer was pushing hard to find due cause for a search. One wrong answer and WHAM! this is going to escalate quickly.

And that's not actually why we have police. They are not employed in order to entrap us. They are supposed to help us.

[Slings and Arrows]

Legally, yes; professionally, no.

[roadcat]

And that's not actually why we have police. They are not employed in order to entrap us. They are supposed to help us.

Ha-ha-ha, LOL! "They're supposed to help us." Good one. Jokes on you. They are hired to keep order, not to help us. It's been quite a few years since they helped people in addition to keeping order.

[skinkinthegrass]

"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.
”― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957