I don’t think this is stupid. cops overstep their authority a lot, saw a video yesterday where a cop arrested a woman for not allowing him to test her tint. in the USA, you are not required to provide assistance to the police in an investigation against yourself, it’s the 5th amendment. they arrested her for “obstruction”, which directly violated her 5th amendment right to not incriminate herself.

you’ll see many where cops overextend their power and try to bully citizens into following non lawful commands just because the cop feels like bossing people around.

youtu.be/Yj6YXF5qh7w?si=SNZVn9Jkgp_MoNZ4

so I don’t feel it’s a stupid question whatsoever, if your freedom is being jeopardized with the threat of being placed in a cage, that arresting officer better damn sure know wtf he’s talking about and not basing all this off feelings. cops like to do what they want, even when proven wrong, and they get away with it without consequences, so why would they care about actual law when they can make shit up and later go “oops”. while leaving people in their wake with lots jobs, children taken from them, property damaged, etc.