Published on Oct 20, 2014 by The Young Turks
“How’s this for a twist? An average citizen decided to pull a Washington state police officer over, asked him a few questions, and even checked his identification. Gavin Seim pulled the cop over for what appeared to be an unmarked sheriff car violation. And the conversation, remarkably, didn’t get as heated as you might think.
Seim asked the officer for some identification to prove who he is. After some hesitation, the officer obliged. He asked if this was some kind of game; Seim responded, “This isn’t a game, it’s called law.”
Seim proceeded to inform the officer that stopping people in an unmarked car is in violation of state law. He advised the officer to take the car back and said, “I know you’re smiling, but we the citizens do have a right to hold you guys accountable. If I’m in open violation of the law, I could call a sheriff out here and demand you be written up for this.””* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/man-de…
American cops do need to know something, anything about what is a law. That probably confused him. They have heard the word in America. But have no idea what it is.