have your rights been violated.
2007-03-04 01:11:29 · 14 answers · asked by JandJ 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I prefer to smile and be nice and respectful to armed police officers. Generally they feel threatened when they display a weapon. Maybe you or your vehicle match a description of a vehicle or person used in a crime. Without knowing where you live this is an unanswerable question. In LA police "clear leather" more often than in Burns, Oregon. In specifics i don't see how your rights were violated by a police officer drawing his weapon. How did the initial contact go? Did you exit your vehicle? Did you act threatening? Next time you get stopped turn the car of, put your 4 ways on and keep your hands on the steering wheel. I bet a smile and a friendly manner will help relax most police officers.
2007-03-04 01:31:56 · answer #1 · answered by Chuck J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HINT: The officer did not pull his weapon because you were speeding. Your rights may not have been violated, but that should be a lesson to you that whatever else you were doing to make him pull his gun is a bad bad thing. You're lucky you didn't get shot.
2007-03-05 15:21:47 · answer #2 · answered by Hootiesplace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there are not rights in regard to the officer pulling his weapon, if he shoots you for no reason, then your rights have been violated ( honestly)
If this really happened, he had a reason to pull his weapon, perhaps your vechile fit the description of one that had done a crime, Perhaps he say you reaching under the seat or doing something to make him concerned.
2007-03-04 09:52:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You're rights wouldn't be violated until the officer shot you. A police officer never knows what they are going to encounter when they pull some one over. He was protecting himself.
2007-03-04 10:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by bugs280 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been stopped on many occasions, since I've been driving for 40 years. Mostly these are routine car stops at DUI checkpoints. On other occasions, I comply with all the instructions of the officer and do my best to put them at ease.
Your rights have not been violated, and the officer has the right to take any steps he feels necessary to protect himself, short of pre-emptively shooting you.
2007-03-04 09:37:51 · answer #5 · answered by Charlie S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends really. If he felt like you were a threat to him in any way, then he has the right to have his gun out. Police are trained to protect themselves and to be ready to react to anything, because officer's get killed when they get to comfortable.
2007-03-04 18:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by C_cat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No reason? Sure. There is no where in the constitution that says the cops can not draw down on you. I guess you were shocked, being on the other side of the gun huh?
2007-03-05 13:30:36 · answer #7 · answered by watchman_1900 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as far as I'm concerned. Now, if he SHOT you maybe you could sqeeze some sympathy from me. haha, jk, look, if he pulled his gun he obviously felt nervous and that something wasnt right. Don't bring up all this 'my rights' nonsense. Use common sense and you'll have your answer.
2007-03-04 10:32:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You must have been behaving or moving in such a way as to cause concern to the officer. He was just being careful.
2007-03-04 09:16:16 · answer #9 · answered by wildbill05733 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If the officer feels a threat to Him/Herself they have a right to take what ever precautions that they deam nessasary till that threat is gone.
2007-03-04 09:23:10 · answer #10 · answered by randy9089 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋