Youtube has been pushing these "cop interaction" videos on me for the last few weeks. This one was certainly interesting:
https://youtu.be/t5j9X4IcGjsThe guy was flashing his headlights to warn motorists about a speed trap. Okay, the cops roll up pissed about him giving them away and I guess I get that. However they then say he committed a crime by flashing his lights. What the law actually was, was that you can't have flashing lights like a cop's lightbar, not that you can't flash your high beams.
So he gets ticketed for that, and a second ticket (cuz the cop was in a bad mood I guess) for not having signed his vehicle registration. The driver was shocked, and I was too, as I don't believe I've ever signed a vehicle registration. I don't even think there's a place for it on the ones I have had. So the driver asks the cop "Are you serious?" and the cop cops an attitude and tells the driver that he can go to jail for six months for not signing the registration. The driver laughs because he can't believe that's real. The cop arrests him.
The cop eventually takes the cuffs off, but the driver fights it in court, where a judge, while not prosecuting the unsigned registration, finds him guilty of flashing lights even though the state law clearly states the difference between flashing your headlights and having flashing lights.
Just one of many examples from that youtube channel of cops who shouldn't be cops. In fairness, the channel also shows cops who you definitely want to be cops, even when they're dealing with jerks.