I'm not using a military or police state to explain someone's behavior.
It was a statement to show that most people in America do this every day without any problems and our veterans, the people who protect our rights do it multiple times a day!
Perhaps you don't care about your rights being eroded away by police officers who don't care to follow the law while doing their job, but a lot of us still do. Every time someone submits to these illegal commands police become more emboldened to do it again. If you really cared about our rights, you'd be outraged when police decide to bend the law instead of suggesting we should all just go along with it because it's easier just to obey. You're not using a police state as an example? But you sure are endorsing ideals that would lead to one. The police giving unlawful commands to citizens should NOT be the status quo. And just go along with it should never be the response in a country that touts freedom above all else.