[driftdiver]

“But if don-o plays this wrong and makes a scene, he will draw the attention of damn near all of the cops (ESPECIALLY the bad ones) in that precinct or the entire force by making this stink.”

I find the very idea that cops would target an individual for no reason to be offensive.

Have we become the Soviet Union?

[BADROTOFINGER]

We haven't 'become' anything. It is simple human nature. Some people would blow off don-o's letter as a minor annoyance and think nothing of it. But some people are vindictive, aren't they? Some people lack the maturity to take thing for what they are and truly 'sweat the small stuff'.

Please do not tell me that you do not know at least 5 people who take even the slightest of slights and make a federal case out of it or hold an unreasonable, unhealthy long term grudge because of it. They exist in the police force. At your favorite restaurant (do not make them mad, either). At the DMV. In your own family.

If something happens that is a serious violation of your rights then damn straight, by all means, fight like hell. But for a minor inconvenience, be the bigger man, let it slide and be confident that you did the right thing...JFK