OFF THE WIRE
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Have you ever had an interaction with law enforcement and after
giving them your ID had them mention you have an attitude problem or
something similar? Pay attention when a LE officer takes your license or
State ID and you will see them slide their thumb or side of their
forefinger over it while holding it. Why would they do that? They are
feeling for a little bump.
You see, it is common practice, if you are perceived to have flunked
the attitude test, but not so severely that you can be charged with
resisting and have your ass kicked, for the officer who stopped to take
the tip of his pen and stick it into the back of the DL/ID so that the
next officer who slides his thumb or finger edge over the face of the
card feels that little bump and from the beginning of the interaction
knows you’ve given a fellow officer crap at some point. Why does this
matter? Because these officers will not judge you on this interaction;
they have made up their minds you are a dirt bag [no offense to actual
bags of dirt] before judging you upon your interaction with them.
Moral of the story: Check your DL/ID, now and after every interaction
with a doughnut-munching LE representative, for indents on the
back/bumps on the front. And, if you want to have some fun, glue stick
Pee Wee Herman’s picture over yours, but just at the corners so the
officer can remove it after noticing. If you can do the Pee Wee laugh
you, just might avoid a ticket for what you were originally stopped for.
Richard M. Nixon
