> [Cops] don't want to be bothering normal people, they want to be taking real dangerous and irresponsible drivers off the road.
That's the nice theory we all wish we lived in, but the reality all over the world is that police will extremely often do things for their own petty reasons, often systematically. Police departments often have quotas for tickets, they can often extract a bribe by threatening someone with a DUI, they can simply want to scare 'undesirables' out of a 'nice neighborhood'.
In general, there are good reasons to be extremely weary of the police and their motives.
I agree. The solution is to make people aware of their rights and know what to do when a cop is doing something shady, not weaken the tools that the justice system has for going after things like DUI. Most departments have bodycam requirements now, and citizens have the power to impose steep penalties upon dirty cops.
I stand by that statement though, giving bullshit tickets and fines means that cop will likely just have to spend more time in court trying to defend hopeless cases and eventually get investigated for this kind of activity.
That's the nice theory we all wish we lived in, but the reality all over the world is that police will extremely often do things for their own petty reasons, often systematically. Police departments often have quotas for tickets, they can often extract a bribe by threatening someone with a DUI, they can simply want to scare 'undesirables' out of a 'nice neighborhood'.
In general, there are good reasons to be extremely weary of the police and their motives.