[Devryn17]

Screw this. You're upset about getting out of a car and being issued a ticket for tint you can't see through? (cops don't like not being able to see danger...They're are a lot of crazies out there, can you really blame them?) I have a story for you. I'm driving from Phoenix to San Antonio for training. I'm a Senior Airman in the USAF and I'm on orders. I've got all of my stuff with me...My military duffle bag, my uniforms are hanging in the truck, etc. I'm cruising right along down I10 coming into Texas. I'm 30 or 40 miles west of Ft. Stockton and a Texas Highway patrol officer flips across the median and pulls me over.

I was completely respectful. I had my cruise control set, so I didn't figure I was speeding. He asks the standard question and I said "No sir." He says "I clocked you doing 80 mph." Yes, sir, that was the speed I had my cruise control set at. "The speed limit changed to 65 about a mile back." I apologize sir, I didn't catch that.

Then he asks me where I'm headed. I explain I'm headed to training in San Antonio and on orders. He looks in the back of my truck, looks in the cab, and asks me to step out. I step out, he puts me in handcuffs, and makes me sit on the hood of his car. The partner that was with him said "What did you say to him?" Nothing...He asked where I was headed and I told him. The partners was kinda watching this guy and looks at me and says "I don't know what he's doing, are you sure?" The officer goes into his trunk, and gets a mirror. He checks underneath my truck all the way around. Opens my doors and checks behind my seats and in my glove box (without getting permission). He shuts the doors, comes back, releases the handcuffs gives me a ticket for 80 and a 65, and they leave.

I did everything right. I was 20, completely respectful, answered all questions truthfully, complied with all instructions, was an active duty member of the military, and I was STILL treated like a criminal.