That's why we're becoming a police state. The police are trained. The police are servants of the public. Most do a good job. When they don't, they should be fired. Your attitude promotes a "guilty until proven innocent" mentality. That's not how America is supposed to work. Unfortunately, that is not the trend. Now, I would not have responded to the cop that way. My first statement would be "Am I being detained?" If he said yes, I'd ask why. If he had no reason, I'd tell him I am leaving. If he resists, I ask for a supervisor. If he gives me a reason, I'll cooperate, and ask for my lawyer. No violence, no shouting. But it is still up to the cop to respect me, not the other way around. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
Calling bullshit on you saying you are leaving. Its nice to talk big on the internet.
Of course you are being detained, do you even need to ask. He just pulled you over. I could be wrong but as for now I don't believe that he has to tell you why exactly at that point you are being detained.
You know what I would do so to not waste tax payer money and make things harder on myself, and give a guy a hard time for just doing his job when I was the one who made a mistake. Be polite because he is just doing his job and admit I screwed up. I would also tell him if we have a discussion that I like most people get a little nervous when a cop is behind me because I feel like my driving is being judged and I just wanted to get out of his way and made a mistake. You would probably both laugh a little about it because I am sure he already knows people are nervous and he wasn't always a cop. Then when he gave me a warning I would thank him and tell him have a nice day.
