Rod wrote:Perfect encounter. Respect on both sides, calm, cool, and polite. Only when you play asshole does the usual video confrontation happen. "Am I being detained?" "You ARE now asshole."
I completely disagree. Cop had exactly what reason to handle a firearm during the encounter, much less disarm a citizen?
Officer safety is NOT an answer. If that happens to be codified in law, then the law is dumb and sucks rocks.
"I am going to disarm you".
"NO sir, That is not required or allowed by law"
"I would feel more comfortable"
"And I would feel very uncomfortable so those cancel, not to mention if I was going to be a problem I already would have been. If you are that uncomfortable, call for back up. I'll wait."
He decided he was being an ass and we continued.