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What's baffling? The cops are trying to make them eat shit (that is, to yield in a monkey dominance game) with all the 'yes sir' and 'no sir' stuff, and in the moment they would rather take the risk of greater consequences than do so "voluntarily". Probably especially culturally relevant to blacks, though I suspect all but the most beaten-down milquetoast PMCs dislike showing their belly that way. Law-n-order conservatives claim to think it's fine, but I think mostly they don't envision themselves on the wrong side of that.
I mean, hello officer, yes sir, no sir is, uh, not degrading. There’s cops that are assholes but it’s just common politeness for dealing with strangers is to use sir and ma’am and the like.
"Sir" is one thing, but you'd only say "Yes sir" to someone in a position of authority over you. Which, of course, cops are, but it's not just civility to a stranger. If a stranger with no authority tells me "Walk this way", and I'm inclined to do as he says, but don't want to acknowledge him as a superior, the formal thing to say is more like "Very well". "Yes sir" is what you say to a teacher or a CO.
I feel like there's no need to actually say, "Yes, sir." I'm sure you would get the same effect if you say, "Sure thing, man." The main thing is to remain calm, show whatever papers or cards you need to show, and comply with whatever the local rules are until the cop leaves.
No, they'll often insist on the "Yes, sir" or "Yes, officer". (and troopers get mad if you use "Yes, officer")
You can literally say “yes fuckface” and so long as they don’t have any provable crime to nail you with (other than the speeding ticket or whatever our hypothetical reason for being pulled over was), they can’t do shit.
The days where surly cops can kick someone’s head in for being insufficiently subservient are long gone. The smart phone/social media era put an end to that. Just ask Derek Chauvin.
LOL. Believing that and acting on that is a great way to get arrested. Been there and done that. Got arrested for felony assault on a police officer.
You got arrested for felony assault for calling a cop 'fuckface'?
Not exactly, I called him a "fucking pig". But yes.
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