Undue Force
Criminal prosecutor here. A patrol officer pulled over a driver for some traffic violation, I think failure to signal. After a heated roadside exchange where the driver initially refused to turn over her license, she ultimately relented and “thrust the license with undue force” into the officer’s outstretched hand.
The cop charged her with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. When asked to justify his actions he stated that “people need to learn to respect the police.”
We dismissed the charge, apologized to the defendant, and told the cop to never bring us something like that again. I can’t recall if internal affairs was notified. Story credit: Reddit / nepils