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In reply to the discussion: Teenager Alerts Police That They Left Their Brights on -- 5 Minutes Later They Shoot Him Dead [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)One part of their job - to keep unlicensed drivers off the road, and to keep uninsured drivers off the road, and to find stolen cars. Hence, they ask for license, registration, and proof of insurance.
I support that, even though I spent part of a summer driving without a license.
If it really WAS jack-booted thuggery, he never would have asked, over, and over, and over again for the driver to produce license, registration and proof of insurance (did I mention that when I was 24 I also got a ticket for driving without insurance? (but I am still alive today because I didn't start fighting with the cop when he wrote me the ticket)) He would not have warned him - produce these papers or you are going to be arrested for this misdemeanor.
With jack-booted thuggery you don't ask any questions, just pull the guy over, drag him out of his car and start beating on him.
We seem to be worse off because some people are determined to be totally unreasonable.
That's not a recipe for a functioning society.