People who think sovereign citizen beliefs are weird have never had to memorize a carefully worded script to survive a police encounter. - eviltoast

Using specific words and phrasing with the government to get a desirable outcome is literally what some of us have to do with the police.

  • Bob Robertson IX@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Several years ago I used to work with a could3 of cops, and I’d always ask them: is there anything I can do during a traffic stop to get out of a ticket. They’d share laugh it off and say “no, if you deserve a ticket then you’ll get one”. But then once night on a business trip I was out drinking with one of the guys and asked again and he actually told me what I should do that will give a ‘signal’ that I’m ‘one of the good ones’. I have only gotten warnings since then.

    The advice was: get out your wallet, turn on the inside light, roll down your window, while holding your wallet, place both hands (crossed) at the top of your steering wheel.