Posted by Steed I disagree about being polite when caught, although it might differ across cultures (cops here don't shoot people). Whenever cops confront me, whether it's for a traffic offence or on suspicion of trespassing, I first act like I can't speak their language, and I also try to act like they're my disappointing servants. "Why did you stop me? I can be here if I want. I don't have to show you my ID. What did I do wrong? What law did I violate?" I don't do this with security or any other person who confronts me, just cops. I also will cooperate with the police, eventually, but I'm going to make them work for it. One time a group of us were caught in an abandoned hospital, and one off my friends kept doing these weird guilty-sounding whimpering noises and gestures which I think he picked up in Japan. I had to tell him to play it cool or the cops would be really suspicious of us.
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That's true that sometimes we can't always be polite when the police aren't being nice to start with. Trust me, I've had it happen (LOL).