Should citizens always be submissive to law enforcement officers?

[Lee-Lee]

24. You should know the law, and do whats legally required.

You make a big error in your post-

"In the Sandra Bland case, she refused to put out her cigarette when the LEO asked her to put it out. It was her right as a citizen to refuse."

Incorrect. She, like you, probably was also ignorant of the law and as such chose the wrong course of action.

For the period of time when you are detained during the conduct of a traffic stop you have to comply with any reasonable and proper requests of the police. Keep your hands in view, don't leave the car or leave the car depending on what the officer wants, turn off the car, etc.

Not smoking during that period is one of those reasonable instructions. Smoking makes it harder for an officer to watch your hands and ensure you are not making a dangerous movement, a lit cigarette is a hazard to the person and officer should an arrest have to be made as well as a fire hazard, and like any other worker in any other job a cop shouldn't have to be exposed to your nasty secondhand smoke on the job.

Now, of course if we go down your absurd example of the cops demanding a blow job that is a whole different matter. Such an order would not be proper, reasonable or legal and should be resisted. But that is nowhere close to what happened here, so it really has no bearing on this case.

So the answer is know the law, do what the law requires, do not tolerate or submit to anything that exceeds the laws requirements.