[photodawg]

I was either smart or stupid depending on one's point of view. I simply answered "No officer" and went about the business of collecting my ticket.
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Our legal system is based on law, not resistance to the law. Everyone gets his day in court. In fact the court is weighted towards the rights of the individual. If you were illegally stopped or your rights violated the smartest most effective defense is not resistance, but due process. You did the right thing.

[zeugma]

Our legal system is based on law, not resistance to the law. Everyone gets his day in court. In fact the court is weighted towards the rights of the individual. If you were illegally stopped or your rights violated the smartest most effective defense is not resistance, but due process. You did the right thing.

 

It is true in criminal court that in some ways the court system is weighted  towards the individual, but in traffic court, the compelte opposite is true, as they are just vehicles to raise revenue for the state. Most of the time, this revenue is raise merely on the word of a single police officer.

I am fairly disappointed that the young man in the stop that is the subject of this thread notified the officers they were being taped. It would have been very interesting to see what the cops would have testilied to prior to them being aware of the tape. I understand why he mentioned it, as it's a tense situation, and I'm sure he didn't feel like having the cops escalate it further by making up some excuse to arrest him to prove their power over him. It's just unfortunate that we didn't get to see the full candid shot of what would have gone down absent their knowledge they were being monitored.

[elkfersupper]

Our legal system is based on law, not resistance to the law. Everyone gets his day in court. In fact the court is weighted towards the rights of the individual.

On which planet, and in which country do you live?