(06-01-2020, 06:03 PM)Sammy Wrote: I myself have felt threatened by some officers, and I don’t think it is me, I think if you don’t do the “yes sir” “no sir” and act like certain officers are above you as some form of high and mighty authority figure they are going to push their authority to the limit. As Cartman would say “You will respect my authoritie”

Believe it or not, everyone has to do the "yes sir" no sir" thing with cops if they want a clean interaction.  The moment you deviate from it, you get a cop with a burr under his saddle who won't feel better about the interaction until he delivers some pain.  I've been ticketed with a minivan full of 5 year olds and birthday presents for not signalling a "left turn" when I merged from the Dames Point Bridge offramp onto Heckscher Drive. I did the "yes sir" routine and got ticketed anyway even thought it was a totally made-up charge - but I didn't get choked to death either.

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