In principal I agree, but I think there's a bigger picture. What I mean is that a little bit of respect towards police officers goes a long way to making them realize that law-abiding gun owners are actually on their side. They hate criminals, we hate criminals, and there's no reason for there to be such animosity between them and us.
Here's an added detail: the hypothetical person being arrested only speaks in polite tones, with a yes sir and no sir response, even if an LEO refers to him as a <
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This hypothetical case, if it were to go awry, would in my limited understanding set a very dangerous and rights-limiting precedent that would essentially turn a state with no "stop and ID" statute into one where refusal to show (or refusal to carry at all times? What's the difference really?) ID could become a crime.
So this could be something very important, and much much bigger than marring one person's crystal clean criminal history.
Furthermore, this is an open forum, that anyone can come and glean information from. I am here to seek relevant case law. Someone else could read a very detail oriented thread, realize it was the case they were soon to be prosecuting, and begin stocking up on their own legal ammo.
So I hope you can understand why a blow by blow account including irrelevant (in the purview of the law) details such as:
What case? Where did it happen? What time of day?
were not included.
Look, I am here for help and info. I freely admit to being a relative layman regarding "lawyer stuff". So if there is a detail that you would like to know that is relevant to what advice / info you'd like to share just ask. If you're here for a story I am sorry to disappoint for now, but that story will certainly be available in the future.
There have been some really great posts pointing me in the right direction. I truly appreciate that.
If I'm allowed, I'd like to request that opinions on standing firmly by your rights be left to your own thread. Believe me I appreciate those in support but the back and forth is the train wreck someone already predicted.
Thank you all for your time, you don't owe me and I appreciate it.