Stuff like this is leading lots of law-abiding Americans, myself included, to develop a deep and abiding mistrust of the police. My driving drill now dictates exiting the roadway as soon as I can when one is behind me. Why take the chance that they will find a pretext to pull me over and harass me? I definitely would not call them for any reason short of mayhem.
I'm already there, based on a couple of personal highway incidents with local county deputies, who approached and treated me like I was a Muslim terrorist in downtown Baghdad during routine traffic stops, and then brazenly lied in court about the driving citations they gave to me at the time. I got a lawyer and won both cases, but my respect and trust of LEOs was destroyed forever because of their behavior.
I’m the same way, I avoid any contact. One of the problems is the age factor. In Oakland, four LEOs retire every month and they are replaced by young inexperiened kids. And you’re right, nothing will happen to Griffin. That poor dog. One minute playing frisbee, the next shot in the chest.
Many of us are completely redoing our every day movements to avoid dealing with cops if at all possible. I simply do not trust them any more and absolutely refuse to be treated in an undignified manner by some steroid-addled punk just out of academy.