&gt; but his mistake was answering the officer&#x27;s initial questions.<p>You know, a lot of Internet Tough Guys(tm) make this claim. Only those who <i>have</i> been stopped by cops randomly (I have, and I&#x27;m not white) will understand that this is nearly impossible. You are intimidated. You know that you have basically no rights; they&#x27;ll just charge you with &quot;obstruction of justice&quot; or &quot;disobeying a lawful order&quot; and throw you into the justice( * ) system, where you&#x27;ll end up wasting countless hours and dollars before &quot;all charges are dropped&quot;. A white person, on the other hand, has a strong feeling of &quot;I have rights&quot;. Most non-whites don&#x27;t.<p>( * ) for some definition of &quot;justice&quot;