Reply #22: Another scenario I was involved in:

[callous taoboy]

College, night time, drunk with some friends on friends' front porch. The music was up but otherwise we weren't harassing anyone or even whooping it up. Cops show up and tell us to turn the music down as neighbors complained. We comply, then resume hanging out on the front porch as cops stand around outside their patrol car across the street keeping an eye on us. Mike, the renter of the house, starts mouthing off a little as he looks directly at the cops, saying calmly, "Man, those guys don't like us at all and they would just love to come over here and take us to jail," and, "Good thing I can still drink beer on my front porch without getting harassed by the law..." One cop looked like he wanted to break it off inside of Mike, the other was just sort of shaking his head and smiling a little. They eventually blew us off and left.