Moral of the story: If you want to enjoy your rights, keep your distance from cops and don't do anything to attract their attention. That includes not doing anything that would spook the populace into calling the cops to come "check" on you. You just don't know if a good cop or bad cop will be coming your way, so it would be best to avoid them all together.
Considering the heated debates we have here on the forum about the conduct of police, I do consider more of them to be true professionals than not, based on my interactions with them through the years. I would estimate the average force as containing 2/3rds professionals and 1/3rd power trippers needing to find another line of work. It is this 1/3rd segment that does way more damage to the image of police than the other 2/3rds can ever do by doing all the right things every time. If that side of the blue line could ever be self cleaning, the image of police would be a lot more respectful.
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