Fort Worth cop shoots Black Woman at her home thru a window.

Yeah, I do the same thing when I get stopped, easier to not escalate it. And def understand why people would (but I think it's a bad idea to)- better to not escalate the situation and make it more tense. Obviously if you get stopped for something more serious that can change things, but a simple taillight/speeding ticket/stop sign etc etc - no use in getting into it with the cop.

 

Anytime I get pulled over, I pull into a lighted parking lot.

I've seen people who park into the median strip of an onramp. Maybe 20 years ago, I'd agree with making it harder for them in order to stick it to the "greedy bastards". Entitled or privileged thinking notwithstanding, boy has times changed.

I read a while back that when you do get pulled over, you turn on your blinker, then turn on your car lights to illuminate the inside. I've driven 5 minutes with that blinker on to find a safe and lighted exit, like a stripmall, burger joint, or taco stand.

Once you stop your engine, put the keys on the dashboard and your hands visibly on the wheel with your license in hand,

This de-escalates a lot of things for the officer. You aren't a flight risk and making your hands visible shows them you're not going to reach for a gun.

When you need to get something, like registration in the glove compartment, tell them you're getting your registration and don't jerk or move there.

Some people might bristle at all this out of principle, but it works both ways. There are stories of police getting shot on a routine stopover, so why pretend you're above all that and your rights are the one at stake?

Anyways, even doing all this doesn't mean your ass will never become the victim of police brutality (Tyisha Miller...), but I believe it's still a better way to live by giving other people the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes anticipating a negative outcome is a self fulfilling prophecy.

 

Jumping through hoops in a country where you're considered innocent until proven guilty.

 

Yeah they do have to be ready for situations to go south, in a second...



I take a similar approach.

 

Trained Professionals are allowed to be panicking little b****es
but
we are unforgiving of a civilians being scared or the slightest bit put off. . .. . civilians have to be the ultimate in cool calm rational and collected.
They are expected to handle these situation in the highest level of decorum
Meanwhile. . . cops are allowed to kill on the slighted provocation or something as simple as THEY DID NOT RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH AND MOVED TOO SLOW!!

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