Smarting off to an officer on a sugar-rush is a good way to get tased, bro'.....
Had one of the idiot state troopers smart off to me a long time ago down in Florida. He was already writing the ticket when he got out of his car and the first thing he said was something like "Were you trying to kill the guys back there working on the road?" And of course I wasn't trying to kill anyone and I was not even close to them when I went by where they were working. So I told the dumb@$$ that if I had been aiming for them I could have gotten at least one.
......and I can remember when the guys of the FHP were gentlemen - helpful,friendly, kind, courteous, etc. You Scouts know the rest. Those days are gone forever. It's a New American out there today - and too often he's a scary one. 4% of Americans are psychopathic/sociopathic, and I think 90% of those are meaner'n hell - for reasons unknown. When I retired in '99 I could'a moved out of the U.S. but like a dumbass I stayed here. Now I'm wondering why...
Just for the hell of it, I think I'll do a timeline of my interaction with law enforcement:
2006: Some idiot smashed down part of my front yard fence in a "borrowed" car. The cops on the scene were nice enough, but it gave me the willies when I went downtown to pick up a copy of police report. They made me take off my boots.
2003: Speeding ticket, 42 in a school zone marked 25. $100 fine.
2002: Gunfire, some idiot two houses down shot his wife through the arm, half the police in the tri-state area respond. I dind't even hear the original shots, but noticed a lot of traffic noise from the street. When I looked out front door there were two or three MrnCo/IPD cars in front of my house, then I heard crack/crack/crack sound, I knew it was a firearm of some sort, but still hadn't put two and two together. Then I got scared. The police fired 10 to 20 teargas cannisters into problem house, and let me tell you those fuckers have much more percussive/psychological fear element than most people are willing to accept.