Makes you think a little bit...everyone should know their rights if in this or a similar situation.

 

 

 

Very timely since we are having this exact discussion in another thread.

Interesting video, to say the least. I didn't even realize until the poster mentioned it at the end, but you never hear the officers ask if he had been drinking, at a DUI check point.

Interesting video, to say the least. I didn't even realize until the poster mentioned it at the end, but you never hear the officers ask if he had been drinking, at a DUI check point.

 

The challenge for officers is to realize that just because 99% go along with what they say it doesn't mean they have to overreact to the 1%. We're human though and we take umbrage with a kid saying "I don't have to roll down my window."

 

IMO the officers overstepped their bounds and let their personal pride get in the way. They joked about him knowing his rights. Can't happen.

The challenge for officers is to realize that just because 99% go along with what they say it doesn't mean they have to overreact to the 1%. We're human though and we take umbrage with a kid saying "I don't have to roll down my window."

 

IMO the officers overstepped their bounds and let their personal pride get in the way. They joked about him knowing his rights. Can't happen.

 

The one even said "He's innocent, and knows his rights." Almost like they were upset he knew what they were allowed to do.

Will there be a lawsuit out of this? Surprised the cops didn't delete the video based on their other actions.

I saw that on Reddit this morning. I was also surprised they didn't delete the video.

I have no problem with the officers asking the driver to pull to the side. He was not being cooperative and was likely holding up the line of other compliant drivers.

 

It's my understanding that if you operate a vehicle on a highway, you are required to have a license and show it upon request by the officer. I dont remember hearing the officer ask for a license, only how old he was. KRS 186.510 says anyone operating a vehicle must show their license to a police officer upon demand. Not sure of the Tennessee law.

 

 

Courts have ruled that Police departments that use drug dogs must keep detailed training records and stop data where the dog is used and provide that data in court if asked. A drug dog with a 30% success rate isn't good.

 

Police agencies, especially drug interdiction units, in middle Tennessee have come under fire recently by the media for their forfeiture and confiscation practices.

 

I'm not a fan of those people, right or wrong, who grab a camera and provoke the police. Hopkinsville is dealing with one such person right now.

I have no problem with the officers asking the driver to pull to the side. He was not being cooperative and was likely holding up the line of other compliant drivers.

 

It's my understanding that if you operate a vehicle on a highway, you are required to have a license and show it upon request by the officer. I dont remember hearing the officer ask for a license, only how old he was. KRS 186.510 says anyone operating a vehicle must show their license to a police officer upon demand. Not sure of the Tennessee law.

 

 

Courts have ruled that Police departments that use drug dogs must keep detailed training records and stop data where the dog is used and provide that data in court if asked. A drug dog with a 30% success rate isn't good.

 

Police agencies, especially drug interdiction units, in middle Tennessee have come under fire recently by the media for their forfeiture and confiscation practices.

 

I'm not a fan of those people, right or wrong, who grab a camera and provoke the police. Hopkinsville is dealing with one such person right now.

 

I didn't see in the video where he provoked the police. Merely acted within his rights.

I have no problem with the officers asking the driver to pull to the side. He was not being cooperative and was likely holding up the line of other compliant drivers.

 

It's my understanding that if you operate a vehicle on a highway, you are required to have a license and show it upon request by the officer. I dont remember hearing the officer ask for a license, only how old he was. KRS 186.510 says anyone operating a vehicle must show their license to a police officer upon demand. Not sure of the Tennessee law.

 

 

Courts have ruled that Police departments that use drug dogs must keep detailed training records and stop data where the dog is used and provide that data in court if asked. A drug dog with a 30% success rate isn't good.

 

Police agencies, especially drug interdiction units, in middle Tennessee have come under fire recently by the media for their forfeiture and confiscation practices.

 

I'm not a fan of those people, right or wrong, who grab a camera and provoke the police. Hopkinsville is dealing with one such person right now.

 

A person who is acting completely within their rights and saying yes sir and no sir should not be seen as provoking the police. The officer didn't like a kid telling him what his rights were and decided to go further than he should be allowed. The officer is the one with a problem here, not the kid. If the law only requires the kid to roll down his window enough to communicate then the officer should have to make his check under those parameters. If that isn't enough to do their job then get the law changed.

All he had to do was roll his window down... But how the police officers responded was very very negligent.

All he had to do was roll his window down... But how the police officers responded was very very negligent.

 

Why should he have to do something that is not required of him by law?

Seems like the cop overreacted but the kid seems like he was trying to get a reaction having the video qued up and ready to go.

Seems like the cop overreacted but the kid seems like he was trying to get a reaction having the video qued up and ready to go.

 

Exactly, kid set a trap and the officer went for the bate which essentially was his unwillingness to comply with the officers request to roll down the window and tell him his age.

Exactly, kid set a trap and the officer went for the bate which essentially was his unwillingness to comply with the officers request to roll down the window and tell him his age.

 

Neither of which he was required to do. And he was not disrespectful about it, he continually answered yes sir and no sir. The officer should not get upset because the motorist does not wish to give in to his request to overstep his bounds.

Edited July 5, 201313 yr by AverageJoesGym