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by bdcravens 4316 days ago
tl;dr - Whether you're right or wrong, challenging being detained will likely turn out poorly; your recourse comes after you've been detained, not during.
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It might turn out poorly, but even if you have "recourse [...] after you've been detained", you're put at a significant disadvantage for the rest of your life, just because of an arrest record.

See my post here -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8199524

Everything else, on HN is anecdotal garbage. Be Polite to a cop, thats not giving up your rights.