UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
am i the last person on earth who has had only positive/neutral interactions with cops?I have never had a positive interaction with the cops. It's a profession that attracts predatory human beings and gives them a god complex. Fuck Pigs, even when I don't get stopped, I always make sure I am as rude as I can possibly be without being arrested whenever I see one.
if i get pulled over, then the car is off, the keys are on the dash, and both my hands are visible on the wheel before they even approach. it puts them at ease right away.
i've never had an officer take a disrespectful tone with me, and i have often received warnings when i earned a ticket.
besides getting pulled over, my only interactions with the cops have been to call them for neighborhood thieves with very quick response, and one time they came to my house when they found the plants some kids stole from me.
that time they showed up with my plants was the "worst" interaction i've ever had, in that they kept trying to gain access to my property even after i politely told them that i was advised not to consent to any searches without a warrant. but they never just up and tried to walk in, their only asshole move was making me repeat that same line in 8 different ways. they left without returning my plants and that was the last of that. they don't buzz over my place constantly or hassle me.
canna's line is also a good one. they have two options: arrest you, or you're free to go. those are the only two outcomes (basically). keep asking them that and give them no time to formulate their next bullshit question, but be respectful.
cop: "i saw you walking away from that known pot selling house. i'm gonna go ahead and search you now"
citizen: "i was advised not to consent to a search without a warrant. am i free to go?"
cop: "what were you doing in that house?"
citizen: "i don't need to answer that. am i free to go, or am i under arrest?"
cop: "why don't you want to answer that? you have weed on you? just let me look if you don't."
citizen: "sorry, i was advised not to consent to searches without a warrant. am i free to go now officer?"
cop: "new iteration of same request for search"
citizen: "respectful iteration about being advised not to consent, request for clarification of impending arrest or being free to go."
rinse and repeat until you are walking away, having exercised your rights respectfully.