It was college game day at UF (Gainesville, FL). There were about 100,000 people outside the stadium drinking. I am probably the most responsible of any of them and I probably drink the least. I’m the guy who takes people home and makes safe decisions that probably keeps half my friends alive. But I’m also the guy that got pulled aside and hit with an open container for carrying a beer in a cup. The cop called me and my friend over, asked for IDs, and started walking towards his car. We followed and I poured the remaining 2 sips in my cup out on my way there. I don’t even think he noticed. He just started writing. He never smelled what was in my cup, never tasted it, and didn’t breathalyzer me or anything. He didn’t even ask me what it was. For all he knew, it was non-alcoholic beer or root beer. He wrote on the form that I admitted it was beer even though we never had any conversation or anything about it. I signed it though because I wasn’t trying to argue with a cop and go to jail and it said “you’re not admitting guilt by signing this”. He said “technically, you’re under arrest.” It was a written arrest, with a mandatory court appearance. He told me it’s no big deal and will only be like a $10 or $12 fine. He even said I can just make a call and pay the small amount and it’s nothing that will affect me or be on my record. I’m pretty sure he was lying about the fine and the record thing. Should I plea not guilty, what will happen if I do that, and how can I fight this? What will happen if I go with the argument that he has no proof of what was in my cup?