I will tell you this, sir, treat every “cop” as if he perceives you as a mortal threat. That mindset has become pervasive in this, these, our United States of America. Tread lightly with every badge you encounter. Every badge. Tread lightly. When I was a boy, the last move for such a man with a badge was to place his hand on the butt of his handgun. Today I am nearly an old man and for far too many the last move of the past has become the first move of the present. The hand goes to the butt of the handgun. The last has become first.