Man Calls 911 on Cop then Schools Him on Being a COP!
Police can be lawless and still be polite!
All patrol cars should have markings and light bars. And current WA law says they must at least be marked. — So I was driving home the other night when I saw a completely unmarked vehicle with someone stopped. I pulled in and this video starts just moments after that.
Here’s what’s going on…
Ever since my stop Last fall, police around the nation have been getting called out for operating dangerous unmarked cars. Washington police even got together this year and tried to get the law changed. That didn’t work, so they are making up excuses as to why the law does not apply to them.
WSP is actually updating policies as myself and others call them out; as if we are having a debate. The excuses are getting absurd. Now they have amended their policy manual and rewrote their own definition, even though it’s totally false. This is what happens when your goverment has no respect for law, justice or the people they serve.
Below is a copy of their latest policies. A few months back it was different. Now the law they are breaking offers some exemptions for “Traffic Control vehicles”. Those are the cars that put out cones, lead you through construction zones and the like. They have nothing to do with traffic patrol cruisers and they never have. The law was written to demand that all police conduct regular patrols in marked cars. You can learn more about this law in the legal briefs here.
There’s a growing trend of officers using patronizing politeness to those who question them. There could be worse trends. Officers are being told to play nice, especially with known activists. The tactic is smart; the ignorant take the bait and excuse officer misdeeds; calling those holding them accountable petty and rude. In fact myself and most activists are quite cordial with goverment. But police are breaking the law and endangering the pubic. That’s not respect, it’s irresponsible. We have to stand up. If goverment won’t honor liberty out of principle, we will make them obey out of necessity.
There’s more! In a vivid confirmation of the slave mindset, the driver I stopped to help sent me a nasty letter. Read it here.
Lets talk about the officer’s behavior: This young man handled it pretty well. WSP are usually pretty cordial, but not so polite as you think. If you watch a few of my videos you will see their politeness is actually patronizing and annoyed. Like the officer who nearly ran over my foot. Still, my demeanor tells them right off that the tough cop routine won’t work and they know they are on camera. It’s key not to waver, even if you are uncertain. I say a prayer and I do not waver. That’s my key tactic.
I always take control of the conversation early. I am polite, but I assert myself. Notice the officers face when I ask his age. That was the moment the encounter went off script. I was not only curious, I wanted to assert authority over the situation. Police are used to asking the questions, but it’s us that should be doing that in cases like this. Just be careful and try to avoid situations where they can abuse you, or lie about what you did. Never do this without a camera.
Liberty is life and death. Seemingly small acts of lawlessness by goverment, undermine liberty and endanger the public in perhaps the worst way possible. Silently, under the guise of politeness and with the mask of respect; so that while the world is sleeping, liberty is burning.
This stop is powerful because we go beyond cars and got into liberty and the mind of a modern officer. This kid seems barley out of high school and he believes in whatever he’s being told. I’ve never seen him before. Apparently he has seen me. Maybe he will wake up and realize that harassing is not helping and endangering the public is not law. Maybe he will one day stand up for liberty.
Watch the look on his face. I take control of the conversation and we start talking about serous matters like justice, law and liberty. For a moment it’s like he’s thinking about those things for the first time. — This goes so far beyond the markings on cars. It represents a culture of disrespect and from a goverment who’s primary purpose is tax collection. Americas police have become the Sheriff of Nottingham in a pretty uniform. As my Brother Blake once said “Serve and protest or harass and collect!”
Folks it’s time you started stepping up. We need to stop compromising, stop allowing tyranny when it suits us and start demanding accountability for everyone. America is burning. What are you going to do about it?
— Gav
