I'm not a police officer or lawyer (and I didn't stay at Holiday Inn last night), but to me, what you did was no better than Entrapment.

In My Not-so Humble Opinion, you were acting totally within your rights and abusing them at the same time.

If I were a judge I'd admonish the officers for letting you bait them. They gave in to their baser instinct and jumped right into the pissing match you started. They would have been better served by smiling and treating you ultra-respectfully and following "proper procedure" to the letter.

Then I'd find you guilty of interfering with a police officer and put your pitiful butt to work at community service during 60% of every free minute you have for the next 6 months.

You sound, to me, exactly like the guy who screams every time some pissant's "rights" are "violated," and yet you chose to abuse your own. Is it any wonder law enforcement people feel like nobody really gives a damn? You simply prove their point.

Since you like to walk around at 4 a.m., isn't it be nice to know there are police doing their duty at that time, not parked somewhere sleeping or, stereotypically, at the local donut shop? Personally, had it been me, I'd have gone out of my way to make friends with these guys. Then, whenever they saw me, they'd probably wave and drive on by. I'd feel comfortable knowing they were "on the job" and available if I ever needed them.

Now, will somebody please deal the cards?