While I agree with you, everyone needs to understand the difference between Mere Suspicion, Reasonable Suspicion, and Probable Cause.
Mere Suspicion:
"That guy looks sketchy...let's see what we can find on him" (NYC stop and frisk, deemed unconstitutional and illegal, 'discontinued' after years of racially motivated searches)
Reasonable Suspicion:
"That guy matches the physical description of a suspect wanted in a recent carjacking, let's stop him, interrogate, and see if he has any evidence related to the crime"
Probable Cause:
"That guy is riding a bicycle, and looks like the suspect wanted in a recent bicycle theft. We have stopped him, and learned the that in fact it IS the stolen bicycle. We will now search the suspect'
OR
"I've detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle, and under state law, that automatically allows me to search this vehicle/pack with Probable Cause"
See this is the "Catch 22" of Cop Interaction.
All those scenarios can basically be manipulated by law enforcement to get what they want (a search) easy one simply riding a bike...
If your not fucking tour de france ...its stolen... lol
shit
If they are determined enough.
How difficult is it to come up with a vague description of a local bike theft?
Male...wearing a hoodie and looking sketch LOLOL... da fuck.
I'm sure it happens enough... and only reason it doesn't happen more is some cops are not that clever... or... surprisingly many are just decent people and not thinking to "entrap" a regular joe for shits and giggles...
.... anyway...
The truly best options... and they are not great... is be respectful and clean (don't be stupid and be clean) and with the wave of MJ legalization... that is getting easier as that is the easy score for stupid pigs.
Also... once in a while... you can cop an arrogant attitude (pun intended) and "blindside" an aggressive gunslinger with intimidating words and smoke and mirrors...
The I know my rights, I got lawyers, my uncle is a senator lol type of shit.
(but you really should know your rights habeus corpus shit)
Dunno though... thats some high level shit to pull off.
LOL
I would believe the look on the gestapos face as they walk away, impotent, though, is worth it...