Reply #18: I lived in Springfield Missouri for four years twenty years ago

[MadHound]

And was pulled over eight times, either walking or riding my bike, all for the standard hassle, what are you doing, where are you going, etc. Absolute bullshit, but hey, at the time I didn't have the financial resources to take it all to court on the principle of the matter. And yes, I had long hair.

Sad thing is that the area has not changed one iota in that twenty years. Given that this is Ashcroft country though, it isn't suprising. What is suprising is that more and more police divisions are becoming ever more like the one in Springfield, hostile, possibly violent, and not giving one single damn about civil rights and civil liberties.