Agree 100% with Sofaspud.
A cop will pull you over for one of two reasons.
1) He's dirty, he's an asshole, and he wants to harass you. He would love an excuse to pound on you and toss you in a cell. DO NOT GIVE HIM ONE.
2) He has good reason to believe you're doing something wrong. For his own safety, he has to assume that the possibility exists that you are a drug-crazed lunatic who is going to pull a gun and shoot him. This is why, when they approach your car, they will stand just behind your left shoulder, with one hand on their gun, while they question you. Do not give him a reason to believe you are a threat.
A lot of people I see talking about 'abuse by The Man' these days don't understand that the point of civil disobedience is very explicitly NOT to get away with disrespecting authority. It's to take the consequences of that disrespect and make them public, to accept that you are going to get hurt, arrested, abused, and generally have a very bad time of it, to get your message out and force people to make amends later.
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A cop will pull you over for one of two reasons.
1) He's dirty, he's an asshole, and he wants to harass you. He would love an excuse to pound on you and toss you in a cell. DO NOT GIVE HIM ONE.
2) He has good reason to believe you're doing something wrong. For his own safety, he has to assume that the possibility exists that you are a drug-crazed lunatic who is going to pull a gun and shoot him. This is why, when they approach your car, they will stand just behind your left shoulder, with one hand on their gun, while they question you. Do not give him a reason to believe you are a threat.
A lot of people I see talking about 'abuse by The Man' these days don't understand that the point of civil disobedience is very explicitly NOT to get away with disrespecting authority. It's to take the consequences of that disrespect and make them public, to accept that you are going to get hurt, arrested, abused, and generally have a very bad time of it, to get your message out and force people to make amends later.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.