Reason I had em was that I don't smoke in my house (cigs or pot) out of courtesy to the other tenants in my building. I go to my my driveway and fire up one in the car when I'm so inclined, then go back inside and eat everything in sight usually lol. so usually ill have a bowl or joint or roach or two on me usually.
Not that I drive around obliviously stoned running down people, or even drive badly in general.
And my brake light was NOT out. they just use that as an excuse to pull you, then they say you're acting nervously for pc to search your car. And if your give em shit they'll arrest you for resisting, (I've seen this firsthand) The cops around here are notorious for their racism and general corruption, i'm more afraid of the cops around here than any criminals I may run into (i don't live in a "great" neighborhood) The people around here are by no means bad, just usually a different color than white.
On top of that, most cops have some type of inferiority complex. So now that they've got a piece of tin on their shirt, a gun, pepper-spray and 4000 of their buddies for backup they're suddenly real badasses. they talk to you like you're an uneducated piece of shit, or they lecture you like they're your goddam mother or something. this dude was a fresh rookie too, just dying to arrest anyone he can.