The protagonist almost always runs in fiction, because the alternative is the protagonist being robbed of his/her agency, and sitting in a room while other characters do the interesting stuff. The only examples I can think of is when the protagonists are just brought in for questioning and pick up some clue or potential alliance while at the station. Or they're arrested and then escape right away. Or being in jail is the story.
In real life of course you'd want to go with the police while being as non-threatening as possible. Not that injustices don't happen, but the system will really destroy you otherwise. And cops don't get punished for shooting someone they thought was dangerous, innocent or not. At least not in the US.
In real life of course you'd want to go with the police while being as non-threatening as possible. Not that injustices don't happen, but the system will really destroy you otherwise. And cops don't get punished for shooting someone they thought was dangerous, innocent or not. At least not in the US.