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Got out of a car during a traffic stop to smoke a cigarette. The cop drew, I almost peed myself, I listened to instructions, the end.
Gosh man that must've been scary as hell. Glad everything worked out. Did he just draw? Did he point it at you? Did you ignore his order to stay in the car in the first place?
i swear this isn't an attempt to correlate your story with the story we're commenting on, but in you're story specifically do you think that drawing his weapon in your case was justified?
The full story is, I was drunk, my DD was getting a speeding ticket. It was a long ass drive home, so I got out to smoke after she takes all the initial paperwork and goes back to the car.
We are pretty clearly not a threat. Me, wife 2 kids. I'm pretty hammered and it seemed like a good idea.
I know better than to get out during a traffic stop.
But the cop got back out of her car, immediately drew and screamed at me to get back in the car. I did so and ate a speech about how dumb I was.
Do I think the cop was justified in drawing? Absolutely. We are on the side of the highway, in the dark, and the cop didn't have backup. I fully accept that I fucked up when I got out of the car. You just don't do that during a routine stop without asking permission first.
Let's say at that point, instead of getting back in, I turn on the cop and advance on her and have some attitude about her yelling and pointing the gun...at that point she'd be justified in shooting me.
TLDR...I fucked up, the cop did the right thing in that situation, and while scary as hell, the cop was in the right the whole time. My