timf343
Campaign Veteran
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Facejackets wrote:
Compliance with police is definitely the way to go if you care about expedience. Good guys who cooperate are sure to have a much quicker encounter with law enforcement. But as one of those good guys, I want no encounter with police officers. That's why I'm willing to refuse to cooperate each and every time police initiate a stop on me, even if it means a longer or more painful stop right now.
There have been times in my life when I have complied with police, mostly out of ignorance of what my rights really were. And in those cases, police left quickly. But that point in my life is over. I've become aware of what authority police actually have, and what my rights are, and I take my duty as an American citizen seriously. I have nothing to hide, but I don't have to prove it, and from now on, I never will again.
I realize that there are only two possible outcomes. Either they will break my resolve and I will comply just out of sheer fatigue. Or two, police will recognize that there is no reason to stop or initiate an encounter with law abiding citizens, and go about the business of solving crimes.
Veterans get my vote. At least when they took an oath to defend the Constitution, they meant it.
Facejackets wrote:
That's a pretty bold statement. Is a battered wife responsible because her husband broke the law and beat her up when she refused to cook dinner? Then why is an innocent citizen responsible when police violate the law, no matter the circumstances?And I know a lot of you have had bad experiences with LEOs, but I am very confident most of them were brought on by your own actions and attitudes towards the officers responding. I have had contact with LEOs numerous times, and not ONCE did I have any problems.
Compliance with police is definitely the way to go if you care about expedience. Good guys who cooperate are sure to have a much quicker encounter with law enforcement. But as one of those good guys, I want no encounter with police officers. That's why I'm willing to refuse to cooperate each and every time police initiate a stop on me, even if it means a longer or more painful stop right now.
There have been times in my life when I have complied with police, mostly out of ignorance of what my rights really were. And in those cases, police left quickly. But that point in my life is over. I've become aware of what authority police actually have, and what my rights are, and I take my duty as an American citizen seriously. I have nothing to hide, but I don't have to prove it, and from now on, I never will again.
I realize that there are only two possible outcomes. Either they will break my resolve and I will comply just out of sheer fatigue. Or two, police will recognize that there is no reason to stop or initiate an encounter with law abiding citizens, and go about the business of solving crimes.
Veterans get my vote. At least when they took an oath to defend the Constitution, they meant it.