Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
Sadly cops seem more intent on enforcing "comply with my demands" than knowing the law.
Well, not too many months ago, SCOTUS ruled that if a cop pulls you over for something that is not actually illegal, it's OK if he says he acted in good faith and 'thought' it was illegal. (This followed a stop for something to do with tail lights. Pretty chilling - I don't expect a cop to know every line of the traffic code and other laws, but a traffic cop pulling people over for tail light violations that are not violations should sure as heck know better. He should have been taken off active duty and made to retrain as a rookie).