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I always love this one. The race card. Maybe it's just me, but typically, when I was younger and out on the street at 2 AM, they cops probably would have had a good reason to check me out. And even if I wasn't up to mischief, knowing they were there, and had checked my ID would cetainly make me think twice about DOING any mischief. Policing is as much about prevention as it is about responding to calls and assisting the public.
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Did you read what went on? He was in a suit and tie walking down the street at 2 PM, as in shortly after lunch. There were THOUSANDS of people walking by, just happens to be one black guy and he's suspected. I for one hate when people pull out the race card, but this one is just blatent.
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I love how it's OK for you to have been a dick, but the cops were wrong to show any type of hostility. You rail against the cops when you have a negative experience... but the time when you were treated with respect, it was only a "neutral" experience. What would a positive experience be? They buy you ice cream after stopping you to tell you you were a model citizen by obeying the speed limit and making their job easier?
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A positive experience would be the cops actually answering to a call when I had my car vandalized. A positive experience would be the cops actually arriving within 4 hours after a gun was pulled at my friend's party. A positive experience would be a cop stopping the guy who robbed my girlfriend at gunpoint (she saw the policecar drive right by without noticing). Instead the only positive experience I've had with robbers/thieves/etc is when I grabbed my kitchen knife to stop 4 guys from beating up a foreign exchange student. The cops arrived speedily 2 hours later to determine that "everyone should just go home."
And yes, it IS wrong for a cop to show any type of hostility to a man who is doing no wrong. Being a dick is not illegal, if I'm not doing anything illegal I expect to be left alone. I dont turn into a dick until they lie and abuse their positions. They took the position which puts pressure and responsibility on their shoulders, if they can not handle it without abusing the privlages they should get out of the uniform.
It sounds like I'm making this stuff up, but the gun/knife/etc stories are what happened after our city took in the refugees from Katrina. The guy with the gun actually had a Red Cross t-shirt on while doing it.