If that was the RAS that initiated the contact, you should be free to go about your business. If your broken taillight initiated the contact then you're still going to have to contend with that, of course.
Disarming a citizen legally possessing a firearm for reasons of "officer safety" is something I can understand from the perspective of the officer, but while I understand it I don't agree with it, condone it, or think that it should be permitted or occur.
Are you asking what it would take to get me "all butt-hurt" over the situation? Yeah, a ND would have definitely done it. Actually, there was a confiscation of weapon on that interaction. My LTCH was expired by 32 days, and I didn't realize it. I had to go down to the city/county building to get it back. Even then, it also my understanding that it was 'officer discretion' on the confiscation.
The whole thing pissed me off, but not to the point of me seeking out Guy Relford to seek punitive damages.
Yes, I could have gotten in their faces and told them how much I thought they were idiots for their sloppy weapon handling, and how an even half-decent cop wouldn't have disarmed me before seeing my Larry, but I did not see that as productive in any way, that day.
I was disarmed by IPD officer Howard. She refused to let me even get my LTCH out of my wallet until backup showed up to assist in the disarmament. At that point with 3 squad cars on the scene, I was "Hands on my head, feet spread", on the side of the road. A little surprised I wasn't placed in prone position at that point. The worst part was that when office White disarmed me, he "swept" all three of us with the barrel before jacking 2 rounds of my ammo onto the street, because he forgot to remove the magazine first.
Did they violate my rights? Maybe, maybe not. My understanding is they have a right to actually see your LTCH to make sure it is valid, and they have a right to disarm you until that fact is established, and/or the LEO/Citizen interaction is complete.
Could they have handled it better? Absolutely. Am I all "Butt-Hurt" about it? Nope.
Listen and follow the officer commands even if you don't agree. Feel free to complain after the fact but no one wants a situation to go bad for no reason.
Listen and follow the officer commands even if you don't agree. Feel free to complain after the fact but no one wants a situation to go bad for no reason.
Are you saying that if a stranger is touching you in your naughty place and you don't agree with them, you shouldn't complain until they're done?
The situation IS bad the second it starts - You should be complaining the whole time and it should be on the record that it's not OK to be molested in such a way.
....I think I need an adult.
You are under no obligation to answer that question.The only thing I was "asked" was, "Do you have any weapons besides that knife?" When the answer was yes...