northmeck0255 wrote:
Well, some day soon, when YOU are on the road being harassed over a minor traffic infraction (e.g. rolling thru a stop sign), and the friendly officer creates probable cause to search you and your vehicle out of thin air "that Coke can you threw away at the tollbooth could have been contraband", then you will find out what I mean. The police are NOT your friends, and they are NOT there to protect you. The sooner you realize this the better.
They have turned large swaths of the public against them by employing sleazy and heavy handed tactics. I am in no way excusing the rioting in Ferguson, but part of what led up to the situation was a pattern of stopping people for minor BS. That leads to a fine. Inability to pay leads to more fines, then warrants, then jail.....over a burned out tail light (or a GPS in the wrong location).
You're hatred for the police is clouding your good judgement... You really don't have a clue how things work or how probable cause is developed and later proven...
People of Ferguson should not fear the police but each other.