Both videos were interesting. Watch the one of the officer and the one of the lawyer).

I did have one experience where that advice (don't talk) was good advice.

First off, I support several levels of law enforcement and find everyone I've dealt with to be fine people committed to their work. So don't take my comments as a slight to these people. If you abide by the law and treat them like people which they are, you will never have a problem.

My story... I was in a parking garage - was walking to my car. I was within sight of it when a guy walks up to the car next to mine, whips open the door and bounces it off the side of my car. I mean really whacked it good. I really got the feeling he did it on purpose because it wasn't a light accidental tap, it was a very aggressive whack.

I kept my cool (well externally - I was boiling inside) and walked quietly to my car, exactly imitated his behavior and returned the favor, hammering the side of his car with the edge of my door.. Of course, he was sitting inside his car and saw me do it.

He erupted. Fair enough. I could have handled it any number of ways but I was a little younger then, a little pissed off, and figured if he thought what he did was OK, he wouldn't mind it someone did it to him... Yeah, well it sounded good in my head at the time...

Anyway, the thing I didn't mention was that we were in the parking garage at the county courthouse and just about every other car belonged to a lawyer or a detective or some other such person. I am pretty sure this guy was a lawyer.

Anyway, as he's going ape-spit, I just quietly put the car in gear, quietly drove out of the garage, slowly paid at the kiosk, and pulled out to the street. Meanwhile the guy is going ballistic and goes running to the nearest cop he can find. OK, fair enough.

So rather than get chased down, I just parked by the curb right outside the garage and sat. I see them talking. They obviously knew each other. Eventually the officer comes over and gives me the "License and Registration/Proof of Insurance" drill. Then he says something that just about made me laugh.

"Son, if you don't tell me what happened in there, I'm going to have to arrest you, impound your car, and put you in lock up. This is your one and only chance to fess up or else...".

Uh, sorry, I don't think so... I just looked him straight in the eye and said "I don't have anything to tell you. Everything is just fine by me. I don't have any problems."

The officer looked at the guy (who by now has a big vein on his forehead and a nice chunk out of his door) and says "I'm sorry Bob, there's nothing I can do - he's not telling me anything that I can use to charge him, and all I have is what you told me. I didn't see anything and there isn't anything I can do. To me he says "Good day sir." and I drove away.

Of course I was a jerk. I have done a lot of growing up since then. And yes, there are probably lots of other ways to get justice than an "eye for an eye". At the time it was very satisfying. I wouldn't do that again.

But the really incredible thing was the ruse the officer tried on me. I suspect if I had said anything at all, it would have been all over.

When I got stopped for speeding a long time ago, I just gave over my papers, he told me why he stopped me, I didn't say anything in response but treated him with respect and without an attitude. I was over the limit and the ticket was mine. But I didn't give out any info.

Keep your corn hole shut!