But that is the problem then right ? Conduct like that should have consequences and today there is none. Cops should not abuse anyone even verbally, period. Tha

But that is the problem then right ? Conduct like that should have consequences and today there is none. Cops should not abuse anyone even verbally, period. That is their job to handle, descalate as much as possible. Yes there are many good ones but I feel like there are many bad apples too and it is not just a few anymore. It is the culture and mindset of "how dare you challenge my authority or disrespect me". I personally have come up against one cop like that many years ago and funny thing is that I was actually trying to be compliant. He was just on his own high horse and had made up his mind that I was drunk and forced me to take the breath analyzer test. I remember specifically him asking me in a pissed off condescending way "So you are telling me that this machine is going to show 0 reading??" and I was brave enough to say "yes sir since I didn't have any alcohol for last few days at least". I guess I was lucky he didn't do more. But man, he was pissed when he pulled me over for supposedly tailgating him/his partner (It was 2 AM at night and I was coming home from a long drive and was a bit tired and may have gotten a bit closer than reasonable to his car from behind). He punished me hard for that. We went to court. He argued that I seemed drunk and all I could do was like WTF. The point is that he could have easily pulled me over and just asked me "sir is everything ok since you got closer to my vehicle. " I anyway said "Officer I am sorry that I didn't realize as I am coming from a long drive but I am now prompt and aware". His whole premise was he had assumed I must be high/drunk since it was late at night. That is a bad cop to me.