That part sticks in my craw. For instance, I've often heard that you don't let them into your home or search your vehicle without a warrant. Doesn't "just do as I say" apply there?
Yeah, that’s right. The thing Big Mike should have done was to demand to see a warrant (as opposed to beating the crap out of the cop).
“That part sticks in my craw. For instance, I’ve often heard that you don’t let them into your home or search your vehicle without a warrant. Doesn’t “just do as I say” apply there? “
Dutta talks about that. He says you should stand up for your rights but not get in the cops face about it. Keep it civil.
It is authority v power.
He asks your permission to search your car. You say no. He searches it anyway. Its a bad search and should get thrown out. But do not try to stop him from searching.
The only recourse against a cop exceeding his authority is in court not during the encounter.
What he’s saying is common sense. If the cop really is bullying you, trying to stand up to him is going to backfire. Things will escalate. That doesn’t mean he’s condoning cops bullying people, it’s just common sense advice.
I love how these bloggers have to try to “restate” what he actually wrote in the most hyperbolic terms, “In other words he is saying...”, followed by something he isn’t saying at all.
Later in the article, Dutta does mention that you're within your rights to refuse search without a warrant. The headlines, though, are coming from the other things he said.