As much as I detest some of the things cops do messing with us I got to give them credit for putting up with all the crap they do and being right on top of shit when shit gets bad.
I've been messing with cops since I was a 6 yo rock chucking, fire bug. Busting me on my Yamaha 80 at 14 to dragging my sorry ass out of the front of a store where I crashed my dad's car at 17.
Always start every encounter with respect and subservience to get the best outcome. Now is not the time to be a smart-ass which is my default attitude.
Coming home from BC to Alberta 13 years ago I got pulled over for speeding just short of the AB border. 127km in a 100 zone. Had a sawed off 12 gauge pump with special SS shot loads in a bag in the trunk and a 10-22 Ruger semi auto under stuff in the back seat of my '85 Olds Royal Brougham.
Took my papers and sat in the cop car for while then came back to make idle chit-chat. Where ya from. Nature of visit. etc.
Asked if he could take a look through my car and I told him he had no right to search me or my vehicle without a warrant. He just nodded and handed me back my papers with a warning for the excess speeding. (25km over the posted limit gets you an excessive speed ticket with 5 points instead of 3 and a $500 fine at the time).
I gave him a huge Thank you SIR! for the warning and we shook hands. Could have been a lot worse and I waited for him to turn around and leave before changing my shorts and moving on.
Talk about shitting bricks! Like with women I'm totally relaxed dealing with cops tho. I got stuck taking a lie detector test when I was 19 and passed every part of it. Same kind of shit happens when serious shit goes down too like industrial/ vehicle accidents, fights etc. I just shift into observer mode and it's like I'm watching it happen to someone else and seeing all the paths each move will lead to. Done me a lot of good thru my life.
I'm the dude that can tell you when it's the right time to panic and it rarely is. My wife really likes that part as she freaks out over everything.
The older I get the less stuff I find that gets my shit hot. The serenity prayer helps on occasion.
When dealing with cops, no matter how much it grates, kissing a bit of piggy ass can save the bacon.
Being a WASP is likely a bonus. I'm pretty sure my attitudes would be different were I black or brown or yellow or red.
I despise cops that profile or abuse their authority. To serve and protect is too often to beat and abuse. They come by it honestly tho. When was the last time your government served you like you elected them to do? By the people, for the people is a f'n joke. Screw the people, all the people is the rule of the day and that's what we all got to get together on and fight.
We have a common enemy called our governments! The enemy of my enemy is my friend! They mess with our heads using Faux News etc to keep us divided when we should be embracing and building a united front!
If you see colour as an issue then you're on "their" side. I'm an old white man, my two boys are status natives. My legal wife, not the boys mother, is pure Cree and this July will be our 40th wedding anniversary. I'm a happily married man. I haven't seen my wife in almost 40 years!
The C/L wife and I have been together since '99 and tho I'm not happy I'm content for the most part with her and her with me. I've been a boozer all my life and she's put up with it but voices her opinion once in a while. I'm a happy drunk but sometimes a drunk that says some stupid shit. I've never once touched her with anything but love so she knows she can get in my face anytime but knows to wait for a couple days after a 2 or 3 day piss-up before doing so. That way I can see beyond my misery far enough to understand what's she's saying.
Took a hard left turn there but you get the drift.
"You can fool some of the people all of the time and you can fool all of the people some of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time!" Teddy Roosevelt I think.
