OK, so in one instance it's said that a person has the right to walk away and not talk with an officer if he/she is not being detained.

But if you do that, the officer is going to be suspicious and probably go on alert and then be more aggressive. Or in your municipality (and probably others), they have the Ordinance called Failure to Obey the Reasonable Demand of a Police Officer.

That's bullshit. The citizen is screwed both ways.

That's where IMO the officer has to have great discretion, experience and not flip out if someone doesn't want to engage. OR better yet, that's when a 23-yo white officer in a questionable neighborhood needs to have an experienced partner with him, if possible.

What a mess.