I've been pulled over in Mass (several times), NC, NY, Detroit, Conn, NH, in my home town on a Sunday morning at 7:00 AM for "driving through a yellow light". Yep. That was the charge. Told me I was not speeding. Didn't go through a red light. Driving through a damned yellow light. Had to sit through a magistrate and two local town cops. Hadn't had any accidents or a ticket in over 15 years yet they told me to pay a fine or go to court in front of a judge. I went to court and no cop showed up so the judge dismissed it. How about getting bent over your hood, cuffed, with three cop cars with their blues flashing in the dark right in front of my house. Then thrown in jail. Why? Because I drove about three blocks to get a pack of cigarettes, got pulled over for God knows what on the way home and it turned out my license had expired five days prior. Been thrown in jail for fighting in bars a couple of times. Got thrown in jail for passing a jug of wine to people who were waiting with me outside the Boston Garden all night for Bruins playoff tickets.
There are probably other cop encounters. But... I never gave the cops shit. Always "yes officer. No officer". Learned when I was a kid that those guys have the power and if you give them crap they will make things miserable for you.
Funny. I don't hate cops. I respect them completely. Were a couple of them being assholes with me? Yup. But I got a lot of breaks over the years too.
Jeez. You'd think I was a criminal or something with so many encounters. Nope. Never stole a thing. Never sold a drug.
Cops are just doing their jobs. Respect them.