The right to resist an unlawful arrest...

[Svartalf]

A very Paul Bunyan that guy is

[Coito ergo sum]

UK police didn't have stop and search powers (till the terror laws ) unless they had probable cause , but strangely refusing to be searched gives them retro active cause ....

So the conversations were always funny

Put your hands on the car so we can search you !
-Why ?
Are you refusing ?
-No but I would like to know why first .
Are you refusing ?
-No I'm happy to comply after you tell me why .
Are you refusing ?

ETC ETC ETC

Now they Use terror laws to search you if they think you look like the type of person who might have drugs on them despite being told specifically that the terror laws should not be used to harrass people .

American police typically could "stop and frisk" a person on the street if they had reasonable suspicion that the person had committed a crime. The Patriot Act did not change that.