Legal question
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Don't be too upset about it. If you refused they could have still messed with you quite a bit by making you sit there and wait for awhile. Always remember that the cops have a very low threshold to hold onto you while they investigate whether a crime has occurred. And if they do it for an hour, and don't find anything, it is pretty much no harm no foul. And despite what people might say, being detained by the cops while they unsuccessfully investigate a crime is not a ticket to millions.
Obviously I didn't charge them with bad attitude but many situations can be resolved if both sides just work towards a solution.
For example: If someone doesn't pay their cab fare. The cab driver just wants his money. When I approach the other half and they tell me they aren't going to talk to me and they want a lawyer I have to take them to jail. When people talk to me we can work out multiple solutions(call a friend/family to pay, exchange info to pay later, etc.). It's your right to not talk to the police but it isn't always your best option. Other times it is the best option.
He asked if you "arrested" them for a bad attitude. Which is basically what you stated earlier. Obviously you didn't charge them with a bad attitude. With all due respect, that kind of crap is why people don't like police officers.
No I stated that I have arrested people with that attitude because we couldn't work out any other solution. Read it again. That's why people don't like police? Please tell me how you would resolve a situation with someone that refuses to assist in finding any other possible solution than for them to be arrested. It's the victims choice, not mine.
For further clarification:
That "attitude" is the attitude of refusing to talk to the police under any circumstances.
It's the victims choice if the suspect gets arrested or not (in most cases).
My commentary isn't in reference to the OP.
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I think both of you might as well cease and desist this argument, as neither of you are seeing the other side.
And crawfy, before you go off on that last sentence, "Victim" refers to the cab driver in the scenario presented, not the person getting arrested. In the scenario, if the person who owes a fare won't even talk to the officer, but the cab driver won't drop the issue, the officer is kind of pushed into arresting...admittedly this is a hand picked scenario, and those arguing the other side are hand picking scenarios for their arguments.
End of the day summary:
Both law enforcement officers and those they're interacting with are reacting to a usually intense situation with limited information and their developed paradigms which may or may not apply in the current situation. LEO's are sometimes trained either formally or by experience to exploit this, and those they interact with are trained by media or other outlets of certain strategies. That's a recipe for a great big **** sandwich.
