Originally Posted by
law dawg
Brother, if you think kids up to no good don't know it and aren't scared of getting caught, think again. It's not a trust issue, it's them trying to get away with stuff, like kids do. It was intimidating because they were up to no good and didn't want to be caught.
Hey, man, I was one of those kids once. So were you. I happened to be pretty good at not getting caught.
But kids will unwittingly bow to authority. Every time I got pulled over and the cop said in his cop-authoritative voice "Open the trunk", I did without question. Again, I happened to be clean on those occasions, but they were for sure fishing expeditions, completely unnecessary and only served to put me off to LEOs and made me better at the game.
And that's where the issue is deeper than just dealing with kids, who are far too easy to catch wrongdoing. If you're willing to trample the Constitution and prey on kids, why should I trust you now that I'm older?