Reply #75: Scary the first time, learned one important lesson....

[Solon]

Back when I was about 13-14, my friends and I would ride our bikes to the dollar show(1 dollar per ticket for a movie, and a LIVE pre movie organist, that kicked ass!), or to the quick shop(7-11) for drinks or snacks, and just hung out. We were regulars, and there was not a NO Loitering sign anywhere in this whole stip mall, and surrounding buildings. There was also the RC shop and the Bicycle shop as well. Anyways, so we stopped by the 7-11, I got a Barq's Root Beer, my buddy just got some cash on his birthday and stopped by the bicycle shop to get some things. I waited on the sidewalk, and sat down on the edge of the parking lot, no benches, and my ass was hurting sitting on the bike. Anyways, I was drinking the root beer, and BOOM, it goes flying out of my hand, and there is a cop standing over me, looking all mean and shit, he almost broke my wrist(bruised badly) kicking the can out of my hand. After he walked over and grabbed the can, even sniffed it, then, realizing his mistake, he just muttered: "Looked like a beer to me.", didn't even so much as glance at me, and walked away.

That has pretty much colored my experience with cops ever since, I have dealt with them since then in a couple of accidents and a couple of speeding tickets. At all times, I was always respectful, never even so much as made eye contact, basically treat them as mentally ill that may snap at any moment, that is probably the best way to treat them.