> Why not just be civil? I agree that you shouldn't be rude to Police (or better put, you should treat them with the same respect you'd treat anyone else), but

> Why not just be civil? I agree that you shouldn't be rude to Police (or better put, you should treat them with the same respect you'd treat anyone else), but it's important that you can be rude. "The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest, is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state." - Justice William J. Brennan Jr.