A Lawful Order
Officer Friendly died decades ago, and we didn't even mourn his passing. These days, either as an economy measure, or simply because those "in charge" are as ignorant (or as contemptuous) of the concept of constitutional limits as those they supervise, many police departments are hiring marginally literate bullies, whose only alternate career would be the other (illegal) kind of street thug.
Such a cop is ill prepared to heed (or even to comprehend) the notion that the badge does not automatically legitimize whatever ill-considered command should manage to escape his sneering mouth, however garbled, self-contradictory, or impossible to accomplish, it may be. Once uttered, whatever he managed to say instantly becomes "law," and as such, can never be withdrawn, lest he lose "control" of the situation.
Consequently, they have no compunctions (beyond the supervisory demand for written reports) about immediately escalating to deadly force whenever the subject of their attentions fails to instantaneously acquiesce. They are utterly unprepared to brook even the briefest hesitation, let alone dispute.
"Rights? Hah! I got yer rights, right here in my sidearm, citizen! You don't look like someone who could survive arrest, anyway."
Exercise your rights of course, but know in which jurisdictions to be prepared to be maimed or terminated on the spot for daring to look like you might have been thinking about doing so. Welcome to the USSA!
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