"She turned to me and abruptly said that I was not needed as a witness and should leave immediately." -- Police ask you to leave the scene. You don't. You wind

"She turned to me and abruptly said that I was not needed as a witness and should leave immediately." -- Police ask you to leave the scene. You don't. You wind up in jail. I've read a lot of these "brutality" stories. The one common ingredient: not doing what the cop says. Police are just trying to do their jobs. If they ask you to leave, just leave. The less gawkers and people meandering around the easier it is for them to do their job. Generally speaking, I'd say that after an accident in which an officer has asked you to move along that it is not a good time to "exercise your rights." Sure you probably have the "right" to stick around and get in the way, but why?