Old School Ranger, and Shu, Of course the points you make are valid, but (OF course I can only speak for myself), it isnt the questions, requests, etc. that I mind, it's the B.S. arrogant asttitude. I do fully realize that leo's must rely on the "pucker factor" to spot some offenders, but the fact that so few officers that I have encountered (Before you say, or ask, yes I have a perfectly clean background, a college education, and steady work history) in the roadblock situations in particualar, but not only, is the utter lack of respect shown to citizens as a whole. We hear about the people who scream about "paying the leo's salary with their taxes, and other statements to that effect, or legitimate questions to the officer involved about their role as a public servant, (That they most certainly are, usually during a mentally insulting joke, or account about said individual) but normally never hear about the unethical treatment that said citizen/suspect endured that provoked the response in the first place. They can harass/accost us without provocation, and use our anger, even if it is fully justified, as an excuse to circumvent our rights and do whatever they want to. Even if we are found innocent in open court (Which usually requires an expensive attorney that present our case no more effectivly than we could have done ourselves) we are still liable for exorbitant "court costs"! The "Hall of Revenue" is a MUCH more accurate description of the place these days.
