Reading comp fail by you. I could care less about whether or not you have a front plate. But in your OP, you said the cop was a prick with nothing else to do. Thats what I had an issue with. Why get mad that the cop did his job? When you do what you're paid to do at work, are you also being a prick?
Driving without a front plate makes you a guy who likes the way his car looks without one.
Calling a cop a prick for writing you for it makes you a douche. Are we clear now?
I could care less for what you have I say about this. You came off as a prick by your replies without justification, when you could have just stated that calling the officer a prick was distasteful to you. If you love your local police officers so much next time you get a citation kneel down and open wide