Cop arresting a 77 year old Grandmother

[Joe Rod]

Originally Posted by KLJ

while he might not have done anything illegal, he was a total d-bag and completely over-reacted.

sadly, it seems most people think this is perfectly acceptable behavior from cops.

She could have easily prevented it by not being a d-bag herself. Why should she get a free pass when she was ignoring an incredibly simple and fully expected request?

[WV Cowboy]

The policeman was polite at first, doing his duty, saying what he was supposed to say, went by the rules, .. she was the one that turned this whole traffic stop into what it became.

Not the policeman.

Who knows what other garbage the guy had to deal with throughout the day, .. she may have just been the last straw.

My approach is "kill'em with kindness", ... it has served me well many times. From no ticket at all, to a warning, or even lowering the speed that I was over the limit to reduce my fine.

I have no idea why anyone would take her approach.

[KLJ]

Originally Posted by Joe Rod

She could have easily prevented it by not being a d-bag herself. Why should she get a free pass when she was ignoring an incredibly simple and fully expected request?

she was being a d-bag and i wasn't trying to give her a free pass. i just expect more professionalism from civil servants than i do from the idiot public.

maybe i shouldn't.

[arglebargle]

Originally Posted by Kangaroo

In the same instances they are human, just like when people on this board have bad days. It still comes back to peoples lack of manners. Exercise them not because you have to but because you should want to apply them in life.

When I have a bad day, I write something dumb on the internet. When a cop has a bad day, someone can get shot, or thrown in jail summarily. (Set up line deployed!)

In the pragmatic and practical sense, you should always be polite, calm, and collected in any dealings with the police. Police are in a position of power and can cause you way more trouble than you can cause them.

Had an incident one night where a rude jerk of an undercover cop swore that he had seen me broke into a car. My car, that I had just opened with my keys. The beat cops who cuffed me were polite, professional, and handled themselves very well. Both sides of the coin in one situation.

Also had a scary experiance where I have had to deal with a Barney Fife type, who was just itching to pull his gun.

[WV Cowboy]

Originally Posted by arglebargle

Also had a scary experiance where I have had to deal with a Barney Fife type, who was just itching to pull his gun.

Pull his hat down over his eyes, pants him, and run!

[RoyTheHammer]

Originally Posted by KLJ

she was being a d-bag and i wasn't trying to give her a free pass. i just expect more professionalism from civil servants than i do from the idiot public.

maybe i shouldn't.

He was professional when he went up to her. She acted like a d bag and was disrespectful and uncooperative, so he reacted to that. Not sure what you think he should have done here, but if people are going to try and act like they don't have to answer to law enforcement officials, i say you can't throw them in jail fast enough. Ask yourself this..

Do you want to be driving on the same road as someone who acts like that? Im much happier knowing she's off the road at least for a little bit and hopefully got a wake up call by being hauled off to the station.