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viva la

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1. What worries me is that these roid-raging thugs will interpret someone getting out as a threat--

Reply to Joinfortmill (Original post)

Sat Jan 31, 2026, 11:38 AM

3 hrs ago

and shoot you or arrest you. Remember the young black woman Sandra Bland who was charged with "resisting arrest and assault" and later found hanged in her cell? The "officer" saw her every gesture and movement as "resistance".

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If Cops Demand Your Window Down, DO THIS... [View all] Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago OP

What worries me is that these roid-raging thugs will interpret someone getting out as a threat-- viva la 3 hrs ago #1

You only get out if they tell you to nt EX500rider 2 hrs ago #6

Seldom do I watch YouTube's because they take too long to get to the point..but this was outstanding, easy to watch and Ninga 3 hrs ago #2

Here is a little bit different take on this... NowsTheTime 3 hrs ago #3

Transcript. If you can't copy and paste or print out a video. usonian 2 hrs ago #13

really good information Roc2020 3 hrs ago #4

not necessarily good information cab67 3 hrs ago #5

Basically stay in the car with window down & hands in sight unless told to exit EX500rider 2 hrs ago #7

When ordered to get out of your car, lock the door behind you. It becomes another 4th Amendment blockade and the cops OMGWTF 2 hrs ago #14

If they don't have permission or probable cause EX500rider 7 sec ago #19

It looks like an advertisement. I say situational awareness is the first rule of self defense. littlemissmartypants 2 hrs ago #8

In what neighborhood? Cirsium 2 hrs ago #9

Would be nice to have a written list of do's and don't's . . . AverageOldGuy 2 hrs ago #10

Good luck rolling the window up & locking the door ...instead simply state that "I do not concent to any searches" NowsTheTime 2 hrs ago #11

Yes, You start rolling up your windows before getting out..... Zackzzzz 1 hr ago #18

Transcript, in case you can'r memorize videos. usonian 2 hrs ago #12

So we should assume they won't prevent us from closing the door? Raven123 2 hrs ago #15

Can't they just unlock the door Mossfern 2 hrs ago #16

The exception to everything he said.... Staph 1 hr ago #17