According to This Report by the FBI (see table 17) about 10 officers are Feloniously Killed in traffic stops each year ...
while it can be argued that 1 is too many ... 10 a year is not a huge number by any means, especially considering the number of stops preformed ...
now that report was semi dated ('03) but had a nice breakdown ... THIS ONE ('06) is more recent and confirms the average of 10 a year but also shows that of the 100 officers killed during traffic stops from '97-'06 that only 64 were killed during "routine" or what you would term "simple" stops, the other 36 were killed during "felony" stops ... so that breaks the average down to 6.4 officers killed per year in "simple" traffic stops ..
so yes I know "how many cops were killed each year after being shot or stabbed after a simple traffic stop" ... and nope not going to give up my Constitutional Rights because of it ...
Okay, change the word “killed” to assaulted and see how many that raises the number up to.
You act like the cops are trampeling on your rights if they ask you if you will consent. The only rights violation would be if you said no, and they searched anyway without the proper authorization. Consenting to a search is also one of your fundamental rights.
This, “I got a speeding ticket once so all cops are evil” mentality is amazing. I don’t know if you’ve ever been involved in many traffic stops, but the reactions are predictable, “Did you make your quota this month?”, “Don’t you have any murders to be harassing” etc.
The fact that most posters seem to equate cops with “Jack booted thugs” is very disturbing.