Tyranny (Actual Tyranny) is Always Justified By "Safety"

Good on the BaseOps crowd for making me aware of this latest demonstration.  Couple of thoughts.

First, you could not have asked for a more compliant American than the driver who allegedly ran a red light when he thought it was yellow.  Second, the reason this driver was disarmed was because he dared question the cop's assertion that he ran a red light.  While many States wrongly and inexcusably "legalize" cops to unconstitutionally disarm Americans during routine traffic stops if they feel "unsafe," there is no way three armed cops in body armor actually felt unsafe from one driver who was, as the cop stated, totally compliant.  Third, notice how this "just for our safety despite you being totally cooperative" operation was conducted.  The driver was told "get out" without a hint of politeness and then made to face his vehicle with his hands on his hood.  The reason for this potentially-life-ending insanity was a variation of contempt of cop.  That's the only explanation.

This third point is related to the tyrannical decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Mimms, where they authorize police to force drivers to exit their vehicles and be subjected to being handcuffed during routine traffic stops if the police officer feels unsafe.  An American citizen who may have run a stoplight or have been over the speed limit must subject himself to being handcuffed by a stranger (with a small arsenal of weapons at his or her disposal) who is part of a profession that is filled with criminal behavior.  For safety.  But for the safety of whom?  Not for the safety of the American citizen, obviously, who pays the bills of the armed government actor, but for the safety of the government employee who is heralded as courageous and as a person who "risks their life" to "serve and protect."  Yet it is the American citizen who must subject himself to be shackled and disarmed and subjugated for a routine ticket offense while hoping the stranger does not do them more harm while they are immobilized and helpless for their routine traffic violation.  

The logic behind the Pennsylvania v. Mimms un-American ruling is that cops can use violence against people who might possibly be a threat to them.  The same logic would allow cops to tackle and arrest any person they walked by in a Wal-Mart because a person could produce a knife and stab them.  Just as a compliant driver who forgot to renew his license plate could present a similar threat despite a complete lack of evidence for such a thing.  The thugs in robes at the SCOTUS think the safety of government actors is more important than the actual safety of citizens who are not wearing body armor and who don't have tasers and weapons and attack dogs and qualified immunity.  That is not a matter of safety, it is a matter of tyranny.

As to the cop who shot the driver, that was pure incompetence.  The kind of incompetence that comes with knowing that you're untouchable and covered by qualified immunity.  The kind of disregard for common sense that is birthed from knowing the system values your convenience more than the life of American citizens.

Many years ago I was disarmed by a Texas State Trooper in Uvalde, Texas.  She pulled me over for speeding.  I was compliant.  She asked me where I was going and I told her Laughlin AFB.  She asked if I was military and I told her I was.  I also informed her I had a gun in my pocket as was required by Texas law at the time.  To my surprise, she made me get out and she disarmed me.  Fortunately in those days I did not carry a round in the chamber since I carried concealed in a cargo shorts pocket so I didn't have to bleed out due to her incompetence.  While troopers are normally a cut above city cops, this particular trooper was a complete moron much like the female cop in the video above.  Not only did she display the same stupidity of the cops in this video by feeling "unsafe" from a routine traffic stop and choosing to disarm me, she also displayed the stupidity the female cop in the video above demonstrated as I'll get to in a bit.

She took my weapon off me (she kept her weapon on her of course) and then she took out the magazine and took the slide off the weapon and scattered the pieces throughout my vehicle.  While I was compliant and had no issue for her stopping me for speeding, her decision to disarm me changed things.  While she was disarming me and scattering the pieces of my weapon I was berating her loudly for being so unprofessional and so cowardly that she had to violate the constitutional rights of an American military officer because she felt unsafe during a routine traffic stop.  Many unprofessional cops would have likely escalated the tyranny in response to my feedback on their incompetence, but fortunately she did not do so.

Instead, she gave me a warning.  A warning!

Oh, but it gets better.  Months later I was informed that I had a warrant for my arrest.  After going to the Uvalde court house to figure out why there was a warrant for my arrest, it turns out that this trooper had turned in a ticket for a different offense (failure to maintain insurance) with my name and since it went unpaid and unanswered, a warrant was issued.  The kicker...  She wrote the ticket with my name and not only for a different offense, but also for a completely different color and make of car with a different license plate.  Apparently paperwork was as challenging for her as feeling safe during routine traffic stops.  The judge cleared it up and I went on my way.  Fortunately I was able to walk away from the court house without a bullet in my leg.

Cops disarming Americans without due process (from a jury of peers) is unconstitutional and we Americans need to stop putting up with this tyranny that makes us unsafe from those who we pay to demonstrate courage in the line of duty.