I've been arrested twice, and got treated with respect both times. Hell, when I got my DUI when I was 18, the cop at the station took me out back and handcuffed me to a rail so I could smoke cigarettes while I waited on my dad to come bail me out. Probably helped that it was a slow night, and he had been SRO at my high school and already knew me, and he was also a smoker.

A lot more to the story.

Unfortunate.

In the long run they should require classes in schools to illustrate how to interact with police.

Getting out of your car is the first mistake.

Talking and not listening gets things further south.

Most people don't want to spend all day getting written up and cops don't want it either.

Mindset, shit there is no mind involved.

I agree. Cops act as if everybody should somehow automatically know how to behave. People have been shot as a result of perfectly innocent actions which were erroneously perceived as threatening by a cop.

I'm very fortunate to not have encountered any of the fearful, trigger-happy cops seen in videos during the years before I learned what to do -- and more importantly -- what not to do when interacting with police.

But, I learned those lessons mainly as a result of being educated by friends in law enforcement.

I don't think you've thought this out.  Who you sending the ticket to if you don't get them to stop and comply.

I've seen some stupid stuff proposed but this is nearly perfect.