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Originally Posted by dyna mo
even so, it happens all the time, people are confronted by an officer and they do not know how to handle that. if they handle it wrong, even if due to naivete, there will be a consequence they will have to pay. more charges, resisting arrest, etc, whatever.
i don't blame those people for not handling the situation better, but i also do not blame the system for doling out a consequence to those people either.
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That's the thing, one doesn't have to know how to behave. The cop will tell you what they want you to do, and often they will even tell you how to do it if the situation warrants. If he says to leave a door open or keep your hands in plain view at all times, or to turn away and raise your arms so he can search you, etc, to me it doesn't take a lot of know-how to simply do what they're telling you yet so many plead the "I didn't know what I was supposed to do" card.
Pardon the pun but it's a cop-out. I actually DO blame a lot of those people for "not handling the situation better" as you said. Not all, but many. Because they are either hard of hearing or they are just plain stupid.
Making a cop tell you twice is common, yes, but pushing one's luck. Making him tell you three or more times is just asking for trouble. And a lot of people out there seem to fail miserably to realise is that not complying with an officer's instructions is a form of resistance. Meaning one doesn't have to be physically resisting their grasp while they're trying to cuff you, it can be as passive as you simply not getting on your knees when the tell you to or refusing to put your hands on the wheel or the wall or whatever.
Is what they do in so many cases such as this right? No. Absolutely not. Is it likely to change? I seriously doubt it. It would be great if they could all be good cops. There'd be far less vids on youtube for one thing.