From what I've seen it's the misinformed citizen that's nearly always responsible for the escalation. Rather than simply complying with what always starts out to be extraordinarily simplistic and legal requests, i.e., what's your name, or, license & registration, or, roll your window down... these dopes refuse then start citing all variety of gibberish in support of their position that they are 'within their rights' to not comply. After sometimes dozens of repeated requests and warnings that the window will be broken, it is. Then in a not so unexpected twist, rather than smartening up they double down & not only don't get out of the car they continue to resist which results in a physical confrontation. Half the time they won't submit to the cuffs which then requires multiple officers to get them on, it's ridiculous. All of this is 100% avoidable, for them. If they're going to drive around & be roadside attorneys they oughta familiarize themselves with the actual law rather than whatever internet mumbo jumbo they're usually waiving around.
It's precisely this attitude that contributes to the ever increasing disrespect for law enforcement. And no one is killing these retards, the level of force being utilized against them is perfectly appropriate. If you're driving around with a heart condition, you know that, & you have a cop telling you 20 times he's going to tase you, it's incumbent upon your stupid ass to make sure that doesn't happen. Besides, what's the alternative? I guess in a liberal utopia it goes something like this: Ok guys, he won't roll the window down, aww shucks I guess we have to let him go. Jesus Christ I can't think of a faster way to eliminate all remaining semblance of control and order. This is no different than decriminlizing theft, how's that working out for us? You let the population know that all they have to do is not comply & keep your window up & you'll be free to go after 20 minutes of begging by the police, we'll be fucked in short order.
Are there cops that do the wrong thing? Of course, just like there are people in whatever your profession is that do the wrong thing. It's the exception, it's not the rule. And signing tickets is irrelevant, one way or another if you get a ticket the time and place to litigate that ticket is in the courtroom, not on the side of the road, period. And you're wrong about the burden of proof, that is on the state unless you plead guilty. If you think you got a ticket in error, fight it, in the appropriate place.
'Resisting' on the side of the road is the quickest way to end up with a whole host of additional problems and they're all your fault for being a jackass. That's not even addressing the human element to it, and by that I mean this. I've represented countless people over the decades in all types of criminal & quasi-criminal & traffic cases. Do you want to venture a guess who gets the breaks & the tickets dismissed? It's not the mouthy jackass that the cops still remember wasting an extra hour on for a simple stop-sign violation.
It's all so simple, get pulled over, comply. Right, wrong or otherwise on the part of the cop, comply. You can only make a situation worse violating that simple rule.
