I understand where you’re coming from. I’m just talking legally to address this talk of charging the officer with a crime. Your feeling threatened won’t put a cop in jail.
Yes, cops have more power than civilians in this regard. You don’t want to be in any big-city urban area where they don’t.
“cops have more power than civilians in this regard”
You hit one of my hot buttons. Cops are civilians unless in the military. They are a civilian police force. They just have more responsibility and authority than other citizens.
I hate the move to militarizing the police. It is one of the reasons that crime is climbing instead of falling. It is the us against them attitude.
Cops ARE civilians, FRiend. It's an important distinction.