When a police officer tells you to do something, he is threatening to kill you. It doesn’t matter if the order is to drop the gun, to pull the car over, to show your ID, or to walk down the street. The order is the implication that he owns you, and that he may destroy you if you defy his will. He may or may not go through an escalation before ultimately ending your life, but the threat is the same regardless. As far as the officer is concerned, you have two options in this world. Obey, or die. The penalty is always death. You can either do what he says willingly, or find yourself a corpse to be rolled around at his discretion.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:22:28 +0000