I talked to a customer earlier who grew up in the south(i didn't think to ask where). She seems to remember this happening years ago when she lived there. I guess if you get away with something long enough you start to think its legal.

I understand what you are saying but I honestly think if someone challenges them they should let them pass. Going to the trouble and expense of arresting someone for this seems a waste of time and even the cops have to be uncomfortable with it.

I have no problems with yanking their chains in this situation. Since when do Americans need papers to pass lawfully from one place to another? It's the camels nose, just like Marshall Law in Boston. <br /><br /> “We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.” <br />Ayn Rand

I think the officer was correct that this is what he was told to do, and he was a decent person making a decision to follow his instructions, which were highly questionable but nowhere near as bad as defending the Nazis. <br /><br />But all that is NOT the same as "the cop was basically correct."

Other reports show that the cop was basically correct, and the driver trying deliberately to yank the cop's strings. <br /><br />Some people need more knowledge of what the police encounter just trying to be decent cops.

Achtung!

I agree. People need to stand up and say enough is more than enough. I'm going to a meet and great for 1 candidate and 1 existing state house rep this evening and see what they have to say. I'll be late, but I will be there. I like talking 1 on 1 with a candidate to see how they engage.