I don't think it means "You cannot responsibly air your grievances". In fact, to test this, let me...
Tonight an officer whipped in behind my vehicle while I was doing the speed limit and got right up on my bumper (45mph, he was maybe 1.5 cars off my bumper). It was raining, and 0200hrs. I signaled and changed lanes to see if he would follow. He did not. He also did not sit back there long enough to run my plates. Personally, I found it annoying and irresponsible, and I think he was just on a "fishing expedition" to see if I would accelerate to beyond the legal limit. I really think behavior like this is unbecoming and causes people to have a poor perception of what the police are ACTUALLY for.
That said, maybe he thought my vehicle was similar to one that belongs to a known dealer, and he was hoping he could pull me over for speeding and lock me down for having drugs or something, and thus solve a problem in the community. Who knows? I just didn't appreciate it.
There. That is an accurate and honest account of what happened to me a few hours ago. Let's see if I get banned for sharing it.
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