How about a reasonable middle-ground? Put the window down, show them your license, answer questions, be polite. If they want to do a search, deny them permission. If they insist, tell them you want a lawyer.
If one hasn’t been drinking, doing drugs or any illegal activities, should be ok. My big worry is the license check will show a CCW permit and some cops can be jerks about that.
Yes, i know how it works too.
“Please supply zee papers which grant you the ability to travel. If zee papers are not in order zis will be a problem. If papers are in order we’ll see vhat else ve can find, citizen.”
Random checkpoints are illegal.
Yeah, I mean, like you said, if you ain't doing nothing wrong, you shouldn't mind being pulled over and chatting with a cop for a bit, huh? Better yet, if you ain't got nothing to hide, then you should be perfectly ok with government spying, right? Hell, if that's the case, then there should also be no issues with the cops doing random searches of your house without a warrant, right? I mean, if you don't have anything to hide, right? Sure! Let's do that!
A middle ground is reasonable IF the cop is reasonable. Right now, most cops are reasonable and don’t want to violate people’s rights. That being said, there are some very bad cops and very bad police forces. You really have to know who you are dealing with.
Consenting to a field sobriety test only has a down side. Opening a window could entice a corrupt cop to claim that they smell alcohol or drugs.
The US has the highest incarceration rate per capita in the world. Even worse, police forces let illegal go free for DUI and comparable offenses in many jurisdictions.
> How about a reasonable middle-ground?
Sure, when raping you, they’ll only put the tip in. ;-)
There is no reasonable middle ground in this. Would you also support random house searches to look for drugs?
Why or why not?
Pay attention to the idea of personal property, being detained for no reason and unreasonable search and seizure.