he was feeling at that point that i was violating some of his rights. to the best of my recollection, i had never had anyone on a traffic stop use that particular verbiage. it was a combination of factors. his recess tans, the verbiage he used. i felt that possibly these folks were some sort of militia or a paramilitary organization. there s also something troubling trooper harker about the passenger. while we were discussing this, the passenger was watching us in the rear view mirror, but he was also, i was losing vision of him completely. he dipped out of sight at least three times. in the meantime, another officer happens to drove by. he s deputy robert gates of the clinton county sheriff s department. he watches traffic harker navigate the traffic stop from or the side of the road. i saw he was standing outside of his vehicle and was talking to what appeared to be the