And I am not taking sides. I'm only stating how important it is to go ridiculously SLOW with your movements when you are stopped by a cop. Unfortunately it's a matter of survival.
I got pulled over for allegedly speeding a couple of years ago and at the time my then 15 year old, was in the car with me as we were going to a high school football game. At no time did the police officer look threatened, draw his gun or have his hand on his gun, approach my truck "cautiously" or create a situation that I felt threatened or that he seemed threatened. Now, I was agitated for getting pulled over, but I wasn't threatening toward him. While he was standing by more door, I reached in my pocket for my wallet and my son reached in the glove box for my insurance card.
So, should I have felt like I needed to avoid being killed by a cop because I was allegedly speeding? Or in this case, had a busted tail light? I'm just saying, where does this insanity end with cops drawing guns at every incident of a simple traffic violation? I know there are examples of police getting shot at by idiots. But I would argue that the vast majority of basic traffic stops are non-life threatening situations for the police and don't warrant the brandishing of weapons. Its a two-way street. Give respect to get respect. If you yell and scream at me with a gun pointing in my face because of a busted tail light with my wife/girlfriend/kids in the car in what really seems to be a complete non-threatening situation, then guess what, I'm going to start hating your guts too and I'm going to become belligerent and rightfully so. And that wasn't even the case in this situation.
