I live in the best state.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/st...drivers-ignore-cop-knocking-car-window-drive/

See, at least on a state level, our politicians care about our freedom, to an extant.

but, leave it the a woman....

“The world of legal decisions does not reflect the real world,” Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson wrote. “No reasonable person I can imagine would feel free to drive away under the circumstances of the present case when the officer knocked on the car window and instructed the person to roll down the car window. A reasonable person would be concerned that driving away could be viewed as violating some law that governs obstructing an officer, disobeying an officer, or fleeing.”
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If he had tried to drive away, even if he had been sober, theyd of busted him. Dragged him ftom the car, put him in handcuffs and hauled him off to jail. He'd probably get beaten in the process and then have to spend thousands in attorney fees to get off.

It's a confusing story. As one of the commenters said,

The minority opinion states that an officer knocking on a window to most people would cause them to not ignore him and drive away. The minority opinion would have made the arrest unlawful as he coerced the driver in to the interaction, while majority opinion says that just because he hypothetically could have driven off (and probably gotten shot or chased for fleeing/evading/etc) the act of rolling down the window was consensual.

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The lesson: If the cop's berries and cherries aren't flashing, you don't have to talk to him. This guy didn't know better and got duped. The majority's opinion is that his actions which led to his arrest were consensual. Abrahamson is saying the man had reason to believe he was compelled to speak to the officer. So while the majority is ruling that a person is "free to go" in that situation, it puts the onus on the people to know this and gives police one more card up their sleeves.