This reminds me of a story from Texas, years ago. A young man was sitting on his front porch, drinking a beer. A policeman on the sidewalk in front of his house ordered him to what amounted to “come over here so I can arrest you for public intoxication.”
The young man yelled back at the policeman that he was on his own property, that the policeman had no warrant, and that he could go to heck, or words to that effect.
The policeman continued to yell at him, and the young man foolishly decided to confront of policeman, by approaching him, but being very careful to stay on his front lawn. From there, their loud argument continued.
The young man, however, unwarily was lured by the policeman to move laterally towards a light pole on his property. The ground in a circle at the base of such a light pole is city property.
And the second the young man set a foot within this small circle, the policeman pulled his billy club, and with a resounding “crack!”, hit the young man on the side of the head, prior to arresting him.
This should serve as a lesson to us all.
I routinely dismiss or refuse to prosecute the cases my cops bring in where they pull a drunk passenger out of a car, then arrest the person for public intox. Bravo Sierra far as I’m concerned.
Colonel, USAFR
“This should serve as a lesson to us all.”
Never, ever trust law enforcement officers. The instant you say anything they are trying to figure out what to charge you with and how to get a conviction regardless of the circumstances.