Originally Posted by Cosmoline
I was going to question this, but I see you're from Canada. Things are different stateside. The cops are NOT your friends. Nor are they concerned for your well being. They're sharks....
I agree, some of them are like this. And bullies, and troublemakers, and abusers of power.
Maybe it is more of an American thing that I was thinking when I originally posted. There are definitely some cops like this in the US, and there seem to be more of them these days than before 2001.
Part of me says, just be compliant, it isn't worth it.
Part of me says, that's letting them trample your rights as a citizen; stand up as best you can, even if it has to go to court.
Did Civil Rights activists get anywhere by avoiding abuse?
That said, I would rather just get on with life, and minimize the encounter in whatever pragmatic way works (up to a reasonable point).
Still, part of me says it would be truer or higher action not to allow one's rights to be abused.
(--which seems to be, basically, what Stephen Orsak did)