The mistake was “being” in DC.
Not all police are your enemy. I have known our local constable since childhood. I know several of the Sheriff’s Office personnel, and the County Judge and District Attorney are old family friends. I do not fear the police.
Now I have met individual officers who were exceptions to this. But not many.
>>Now I have met individual officers who were exceptions to this. But not many.<<
From personal experience, those *old school* cops we grew up with and respected are gone now, replaced by the most testosterone driven bunch of yahoos imaginable.
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It’s okay not to fear the ones you know and know of over a long period of time. However, you’d change your tune after a while in a big city, perhaps in another state, or in a speed trap county, etc.