In article , "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

My observation is that cops aren't smart enough to realize they're acting
EXACTLY like cops did in the Soviet Union, under a regime which true
Americans were supposed to abhor.

For instance, no matter what you're pulled over for, cops often ask where
you're coming from and/or where you're headed next.

Evidently something about either your appearance or your mannerisms makes you
appear suspicious to them. I've been pulled over a number of times for a
variety of traffic offenses under a variety of circumstances, and *never once*
in my adult life have I been asked where I was going, or where I came from. I
was asked that question a couple times as a teenager -- and it's a legitimate
question. A sixteen-year-old out at midnight on a Thursday may be violating
the law, or he may not, depending on whether he's coming home from work, a
school event, church, etc. -- all ok -- or from his girlfriend's house, which
is a curfew violation.