Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: hatt
Please explain how a person following the law and using their Rights is disrespectful to law enforcement?
Okay, hypothetical here. You get pulled over for not signalling, or speeding, or not wearing your seatbelt, something trivial. Often, a police officer will ask you where you're headed, where you're coming from, or something innocuous. Or, they'll even ask you if you knew that you weren't signalling (or whatever). You are perfectly within your legal rights to say, "I'm not saying anything, because I don't have to, you horse's behind. Go bother some real criminals." That's not disrespectful, though?
"I'm not saying anything" - not disrespectful. Indeed enshrined in 5th amendment.
"because I don't have to" - could be educating the officer on the 5th amendment or stating that you understand your constitutional rights so don't waste my time trying to sweet talk me into searching my private property.
"you horse's behind" - disrespectful.
"Go bother some real criminals" - possibly a reasonable suggestion especially seeing that the police work for the taxpayer.
But the bigger question is, should the difference between being respectful by saying "sir" and not respectful (in the eyes of the officer) by not saying "sir" be the difference between life and death as grampi suggests:
Originally Posted By: grampi
being respectful to law enforcement...maybe you should learn the difference...maybe that will save your life one day...
And what if you say "sir" but the officer doesn't like the way you said it. What then?