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121. k&r
Edited on Sat Jul-25-09 10:05 AM by eShirl
Although I want to say the vast majority of cops I've dealt with over the decades have been very professional and/or friendly. But when the cop is a jerk, THEY'RE REALLY A JERK!
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  -K&R if you have been subject to police abuse of their authority kirby  Jul-24-09 12:39 PM   #0 
  - recommend.  VMI Dem   Jul-24-09 12:39 PM   #1 
  - K&R n/t  Dogtown   Jul-24-09 12:40 PM   #2 
  - Yes, and once it happens you never look  undeterred   Jul-24-09 12:40 PM   #3 
  - I've got a good solution for wondering  WeDidIt   Jul-24-09 12:42 PM   #5 
     - What a sad commentary  kirby   Jul-24-09 12:45 PM   #8 
        - It's better than being beat upside the head with a club  WeDidIt   Jul-24-09 12:59 PM   #19 
  - Yep, that's why I basically cower and say "Sir" a lot when confronted by them  WeDidIt   Jul-24-09 12:41 PM   #4 
  - K&R  conscious evolution   Jul-24-09 12:43 PM   #6 
  - I should be able to rec this three times.  Jokerman   Jul-24-09 12:45 PM   #7 
  - Absolutely.  Th1onein   Jul-24-09 12:46 PM   #9 
  - In my experience, knowing your rights really pisses them off.  Jokerman   Jul-24-09 01:22 PM   #22 
     - You have to be firm with them, like they are small children.  Th1onein   Jul-25-09 12:04 PM   #160 
  - Yes  Joanne98   Jul-24-09 12:46 PM   #10 
  - Been hit with a billy club in the arm for "not moving fast enough"  Zodiak   Jul-24-09 12:51 PM   #11 
  - Galveston cops or Galveston County cops?  Th1onein   Jul-25-09 12:09 PM   #161 
  - Several times, most significantly at an anti-war rally  freddie mertz   Jul-24-09 12:53 PM   #12 
  - Legalize drugs and elminate speed limits  FarCenter   Jul-24-09 12:53 PM   #13 
  - I'm OK with the legalize drugs thing...  ekwhite   Jul-25-09 08:20 AM   #101 
     - Would never work in the nyc providence boston corridor.  slampoet   Jul-25-09 12:44 PM   #167 
  - Yep  chemp   Jul-24-09 12:53 PM   #14 
  - Yeah, long hair.  Bette Noir   Jul-24-09 11:27 PM   #63 
  - Auto-Unrec for the "K&R" post.  Iggo   Jul-24-09 12:54 PM   #15 
  - Same here.  LostInAnomie   Jul-24-09 05:47 PM   #30 
  - I have on multiple occasions  HughMoran   Jul-24-09 12:55 PM   #16 
  - K & R ...many times  L0oniX   Jul-24-09 12:56 PM   #17 
  - How about an ongoing battle with the sheriff over his refusal to provide service  tularetom   Jul-24-09 12:56 PM   #18 
  - I was belittled after being mugged at gun point, that count?  justiceischeap   Jul-24-09 12:59 PM   #20 
  - In college  RT Atlanta   Jul-24-09 01:01 PM   #21 
  - So, were the fireworks legal in your state?  Taitertots   Jul-25-09 11:56 AM   #157 
  - Yes  ipaint   Jul-24-09 01:32 PM   #23 
  - Yes, I was threatened with arrest  get the red out   Jul-24-09 01:50 PM   #24 
  - Taliban-like. nt  Enthusiast   Jul-25-09 02:31 AM   #91 
  - That's a very interesting story  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 12:51 PM   #169 
  - K&R  me b zola   Jul-24-09 01:53 PM   #25 
  - Yes X 2.  yowzayowzayowza   Jul-24-09 02:02 PM   #26 
  - Pulled over on an empty interstate for "failure to signal a lane change for 2 seconds"  Flaneur   Jul-24-09 02:06 PM   #27 
  - Been there had that done to me  Vincardog   Jul-24-09 05:45 PM   #28 
  - Hell yes. Cops lie their asses off about everything.  BuyingThyme   Jul-24-09 05:47 PM   #29 
  - recommend  TexasObserver   Jul-24-09 05:51 PM   #31 
  - Yep, by the cop in this story  Ten Bears   Jul-24-09 05:56 PM   #32 
  - Yes, in ways im unwilling to talk about here...and a witness  lxlxlxl   Jul-24-09 08:04 PM   #33 
  - How about if you've ever been publicly belittled and hectored by a professor  PurityOfEssence   Jul-24-09 08:07 PM   #34 
  - In my case,  PSzymeczek   Jul-24-09 08:41 PM   #40 
  - oh, i know. i've had several of them come into my home and belittle me for hours.  enki23   Jul-25-09 12:28 PM   #164 
     - If he hadn't followed Crowley outside, refusing to stop raging, he wouldn't have been arrested  PurityOfEssence   Jul-25-09 03:08 PM   #182 
        - what a load of "cosmic" horseshit.  enki23   Jul-25-09 07:26 PM   #186 
           - He left the house. He walked down the stairs. He was on the street.  PurityOfEssence   Jul-25-09 08:54 PM   #196 
  - Nope. I was doing exactly what he arrested me for.  rucky   Jul-24-09 08:12 PM   #35 
  - Yes, just about every time I have to deal with them. Most of  david13   Jul-24-09 08:13 PM   #36 
  - DWB three times.  AspenRose   Jul-24-09 08:17 PM   #37 
  - I mouthed off at a cop  bigwillq   Jul-24-09 08:18 PM   #38 
  - I have been abused twice...  orbitalman   Jul-24-09 08:29 PM   #39 
  - +1 n/t  Oldtimeralso   Jul-25-09 01:19 AM   #82 
  - I have seen both service above and beyond the call of duty and extreme abuse of authority..  Fumesucker   Jul-24-09 08:55 PM   #41 
  - Who hasn't?  bc3000   Jul-24-09 08:57 PM   #42 
  - I never have.  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Jul-24-09 09:02 PM   #44 
  - oh goody for you...  TankLV   Jul-25-09 11:05 AM   #138 
     - Somebody asked and I answered.  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Jul-25-09 08:18 PM   #191 
  - Me. Never had a problem with them..  Pavulon   Jul-25-09 11:07 AM   #139 
  - My own little story...  FLyellowdog   Jul-24-09 09:00 PM   #43 
  - yep nt  Voice for Peace   Jul-24-09 09:11 PM   #45 
  - ...and another.  boppers   Jul-24-09 09:18 PM   #46 
  - I have.  SeattleGirl   Jul-24-09 09:20 PM   #47 
  - Interesting that eight showed up...  Ten Bears   Jul-24-09 11:37 PM   #66 
     - No, there was no other incident going on nearby.  SeattleGirl   Jul-25-09 12:02 AM   #74 
  - Yes.  catrose   Jul-24-09 09:22 PM   #48 
  - three instances  frogcycle   Jul-24-09 09:28 PM   #49 
  - K&R. Refusal to investigate complaints; unprofessional attitude  kestrel91316   Jul-24-09 09:41 PM   #50 
  - Everybody's innocent....  loveable liberal   Jul-24-09 09:43 PM   #51 
  - It doesn't explain the over 90% of cases  JonLP24   Jul-25-09 04:07 AM   #94 
  - Traffic tickets are extortion. I was ticketed for running a red light that I didn't run...  1monster   Jul-25-09 09:08 AM   #106 
  - Yea.. I understand that...  loveable liberal   Jul-25-09 08:25 PM   #193 
  - Police dont determine guilt, the judge/jury does.  kirby   Jul-25-09 10:58 AM   #135 
  - and fuck you too for being an asshole...  TankLV   Jul-25-09 11:08 AM   #140 
     - You're funny.  loveable liberal   Jul-25-09 08:20 PM   #192 
  - Yep. Never, ever trust a cop. Any cop. Ever.  backscatter712   Jul-24-09 09:52 PM   #52 
  - K&R N/T  beevul   Jul-24-09 09:55 PM   #53 
  - Nope....  whistler162   Jul-24-09 10:01 PM   #54 
  - Stupid Me.  safeinOhio   Jul-24-09 10:10 PM   #55 
  - Pulled over in Somerville, MA 10 years ago for no apparent reason  BREMPRO   Jul-24-09 10:13 PM   #56 
  - K&R  2QT2BSTR8   Jul-24-09 10:42 PM   #57 
  - Oh yes.  ChazInAz   Jul-24-09 10:47 PM   #58 
  - Marana appears from here in Tucson  ProudDad   Jul-25-09 01:26 AM   #85 
  - K&R  Orwellian_Ghost   Jul-24-09 10:53 PM   #59 
  - K & R  winyanstaz   Jul-24-09 11:19 PM   #60 
  - First, let me start by saying I'm white. But the cops hassled me when I was  lob1   Jul-24-09 11:23 PM   #61 
  - Last week while on a evening walk with another person in my  midnight   Jul-24-09 11:23 PM   #62 
  - This is subjective unless these "police abuses" have been documented and proven as fact. n/t  wisteria   Jul-24-09 11:29 PM   #64 
  - Disorderly Conduct is a CHUMP CHARGE!  NinjaguyDan   Jul-24-09 11:30 PM   #65 
  - Ok, tough guy  Taitertots   Jul-25-09 02:02 PM   #177 
  - It has most certainly happened to me - more than once.  Celtic Merlin   Jul-24-09 11:39 PM   #67 
  - Skinner, we need to be able to REC more than once!!  L. Coyote   Jul-24-09 11:50 PM   #68 
  - I won't recommend since we weren't really abused, but it was a situation that could have gone bad  drm604   Jul-24-09 11:54 PM   #69 
  - yes  Amaya   Jul-24-09 11:54 PM   #70 
  - You betcha!  anachro1   Jul-24-09 11:55 PM   #71 
  - Was arrested and held wrongly for 2.5 days in Maricopa County Jail  Juan_de_la_Dem   Jul-24-09 11:56 PM   #72 
  - many times.. nt  G_j   Jul-24-09 11:56 PM   #73 
  - Yep. Moving to a new apartment.  NoQuarter   Jul-25-09 12:03 AM   #75 
  - K&R  toymachines   Jul-25-09 12:11 AM   #76 
  - Gassed, shot with rubber pellets, clubbed...  warren pease   Jul-25-09 12:25 AM   #77 
  - Oh, Warren. You're lucky you were in CA, my brother!  Celtic Merlin   Jul-25-09 01:01 PM   #171 
     - I didn't feel so lucky at the time... ; - )  warren pease   Jul-25-09 02:39 PM   #180 
  - Got hit on  sallylou666   Jul-25-09 12:28 AM   #78 
  - K&R I've also been cut some slack by other officers.  alfredo   Jul-25-09 12:28 AM   #79 
  - K&R Me too.  intheflow   Jul-25-09 01:25 AM   #84 
  - Yes  Mojorabbit   Jul-25-09 12:31 AM   #80 
  - when my son was about 16  barbtries   Jul-25-09 01:14 AM   #81 
  - Yep! Big KICK!  ProudDad   Jul-25-09 01:20 AM   #83 
  - twice. once playing goofy with a statue with boyfriend when riot police appeared.  Hannah Bell   Jul-25-09 01:28 AM   #86 
  - I was arrested for disorderly conduct because my buddy dared to question the cops identity.  Hassin Bin Sober   Jul-25-09 01:43 AM   #87 
  - "Innocent people go to jail everyday"  workinclasszero   Jul-25-09 01:53 AM   #88 
  - K&R  Seldona   Jul-25-09 01:54 AM   #89 
  - Yes, twice.  texanwitch   Jul-25-09 01:59 AM   #90 
  - Back in 97'  Eric68601   Jul-25-09 03:58 AM   #92 
  - K & R  Raine   Jul-25-09 04:00 AM   #93 
  - more than once  Aragorn   Jul-25-09 04:54 AM   #95 
  - As expected, when Government took over the "numbers" rackets,  Downwinder   Jul-25-09 05:34 AM   #96 
  - I was n/t  SoCalDem   Jul-25-09 06:02 AM   #97 
  - Here unfortunately.  Maraya1969   Jul-25-09 06:40 AM   #98 
  - Question  The Wizard   Jul-25-09 07:51 AM   #99 
  - Arrested as a teenager  ekwhite   Jul-25-09 08:17 AM   #100 
  - Yes  PJPhreak   Jul-25-09 08:24 AM   #102 
  - First time in 1976, last time, this year. nt  1monster   Jul-25-09 08:46 AM   #103 
  - +150 recommends and counting  TexasObserver   Jul-25-09 08:49 AM   #104 
  - K&R if you have ever been treated wrongly by someone in your life  stray cat   Jul-25-09 10:36 AM   #129 
     - K&R if you've ever had a poster reply with a non sequitur  TexasObserver   Jul-25-09 12:04 PM   #159 
  - It took 6 cops in Austin,TX  quoddy woman   Jul-25-09 08:55 AM   #105 
  - Kick.  Heidi   Jul-25-09 09:09 AM   #107 
  - K & R  rateyes   Jul-25-09 09:10 AM   #108 
  - Me! When I was 21 I was stopped for no reason by a cop who sexually harrassed me.  Happyhippychick   Jul-25-09 09:15 AM   #109 
  - You are lucky  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 09:38 AM   #116 
     - Yes in the end I certainly was lucky. Poor Cara.  Happyhippychick   Jul-25-09 11:23 AM   #143 
     - Something similar happened to a woman in Florida about fifteen to twenty years ago...  1monster   Jul-25-09 08:02 PM   #187 
  - 7 incidents of police harassment in 08 but that year was an outlier and I think it had to  Exultant Democracy   Jul-25-09 09:22 AM   #110 
  - 7 incidents of police harassment in 08 but that year was an outlier and I think it had to  Exultant Democracy   Jul-25-09 09:23 AM   #111 
  - 7 incidents of police harassment in 08 but that year was an outlier and I think it had to  Exultant Democracy   Jul-25-09 09:23 AM   #112 
  - Several times  Bluenorthwest   Jul-25-09 09:27 AM   #113 
  - There is a new reality show about female cops in Broward County  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 09:31 AM   #114 
  - Nope. The police have always been courteous and patient, even when I heaped verbal abuse on them.  Rabrrrrrr   Jul-25-09 09:33 AM   #115 
  - No 'shady shit'?  Bluenorthwest   Jul-25-09 11:29 AM   #145 
     - I never claimed my post proved anything, but thanks for the condescending insult.  Rabrrrrrr   Jul-25-09 12:03 PM   #158 
  - three incidents of driving while black  noiretextatique   Jul-25-09 09:49 AM   #117 
  - delete...duplicate  CannabisRex   Jul-25-09 09:51 AM   #118 
  - Me too  CannabisRex   Jul-25-09 09:51 AM   #119 
  - FYI - this week there's a 5-state roadblock operation called "take back our highways"  nashville_brook   Jul-25-09 10:02 AM   #122 
  - Yes, that, and also known as "how to generate monies in cash-strapped red states  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 10:10 AM   #124 
  - ?? not sure what that means -- but, sure there's a direct revenue motivation, BUT, the scarier  nashville_brook   Jul-25-09 10:52 AM   #133 
     - It means  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 11:34 AM   #146 
        - I've seen more cars pulled over in the last six months than I've seen in the  1monster   Jul-25-09 08:12 PM   #189 
        - gotcha, agreed. be safe.  nashville_brook   Jul-26-09 10:03 AM   #198 
  - Yes, that, and also known as "how to generate monies in cash-strapped red states  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 10:10 AM   #125 
  - I grew up in Miami. Remember that other set of outstanding peace officers,  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 10:05 AM   #123 
  - Good advice  southshore   Jul-25-09 11:03 AM   #136 
  - oh hell yeah. hippie profiling. the cop had a record of abusing women he'd pulled-over,  nashville_brook   Jul-25-09 09:54 AM   #120 
  - k&r  eShirl   Jul-25-09 10:02 AM   #121 
  - The REAL issue of the Harvard Prof Arrest  harvey007   Jul-25-09 10:14 AM   #126 
  - When i was In college  Froward69   Jul-25-09 10:31 AM   #127 
  - K &R if you have ever behaved more aggressively toward someone than warranted  stray cat   Jul-25-09 10:34 AM   #128 
  - You miss the point...  kirby   Jul-25-09 11:08 AM   #141 
  - the cop is a professional, they say.  Bluenorthwest   Jul-25-09 11:38 AM   #149 
  - Police officers are in positions of authority over citizens, an  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 11:38 AM   #150 
  - k&r  kpominville   Jul-25-09 10:48 AM   #130 
  - Many timea in many circumstances. From physical to verbal to incompetence in  T Wolf   Jul-25-09 10:49 AM   #131 
  - Yes I have.Miami Beach, Florida. Notorious for this. It's been in the paper. I'm white btw  Shagbark Hickory   Jul-25-09 10:51 AM   #132 
  - Right after the 2000 Coup and then again after the ILLEGAL WAR OF CHOICE  TankLV   Jul-25-09 10:56 AM   #134 
  - yes  pollo poco   Jul-25-09 11:04 AM   #137 
  - Wish I could rec your suggestion. There is a tangible, qualitative difference between  T Wolf   Jul-25-09 11:35 AM   #147 
  - K&R  Timbuk3   Jul-25-09 11:16 AM   #142 
  - Yes.  kdpeters   Jul-25-09 11:29 AM   #144 
  - My story...  kirby   Jul-25-09 11:36 AM   #148 
  - Well, maybe that cop was just having a bad day  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 11:42 AM   #151 
     - LOL, his bad day became my nightmare! n/t  kirby   Jul-25-09 11:47 AM   #153 
  - In 64 years I've never been close to a cop. They are something only seen in the distance  Speck Tater   Jul-25-09 11:45 AM   #152 
  - Don't want a traffic ticket, dont drive... Great advice.. n/t  kirby   Jul-25-09 11:49 AM   #154 
  - I agree, for the most part  XanaDUer   Jul-25-09 11:50 AM   #155 
  - A life of fear is no life at all.  Egnever   Jul-25-09 12:43 PM   #166 
     - It's not a matter of avoiding all risky situations. It's a matter of picking your battles.  Speck Tater   Jul-25-09 12:54 PM   #170 
  - Hmmm  Mudoria   Jul-25-09 11:50 AM   #156 
  - i wish i could tell my story here  lies and propaganda   Jul-25-09 12:18 PM   #162 
  - OH yeah  deadmessengers   Jul-25-09 12:24 PM   # 
  - One night, with my 17 year old son in the front seat beside me, I picked my 32 year old  1monster   Jul-25-09 08:35 PM   #194 
  - Alabama  trocar   Jul-25-09 12:24 PM   #163 
  - Yes, back in 1973...  GReedDiamond   Jul-25-09 12:31 PM   #165 
  - Nothing major - just one incident  RamboLiberal   Jul-25-09 12:47 PM   #168 
  - Un-rec for good service  Taitertots   Jul-25-09 01:02 PM   #172 
  - you assume that everyone who answered yes, acted like a serious jerk  G_j   Jul-25-09 01:11 PM   #174 
     - I read all the posts up to when I wrote that  Taitertots   Jul-25-09 01:50 PM   #176 
        - you must have lived a sheltered life  G_j   Jul-25-09 02:04 PM   #178 
        - You must think way to much of your opinion  Taitertots   Jul-25-09 02:38 PM   #179 
        - Then your comprehension skills are not vey good... n/t  kirby   Jul-25-09 04:18 PM   #185 
  - With a judge  bongbong   Jul-25-09 01:06 PM   #173 
  - We were pulled over by a drunk cop once, fortunately he let us go! Then we  grahamhgreen   Jul-25-09 01:46 PM   #175 
  - I was pulled over and told I fit the description of a wanted person often  aikoaiko   Jul-25-09 02:42 PM   #181 
  - I was once involved in a violent incident involving a psycho freak.  Gwendolyn   Jul-25-09 03:23 PM   #183 
  - How cops really do things  bongbong   Jul-25-09 03:37 PM   #184 
  - I've had good and bad experiences  noamnety   Jul-25-09 08:10 PM   #188 
  - +1!!!!  readmoreoften   Jul-25-09 08:14 PM   #190 
  - Personally, yes.  DawgHouse   Jul-25-09 08:44 PM   #195 
  - Some officers consider traffic stops a dating technique  sallylou666   Jul-26-09 03:48 AM   #197 
  - 200 replies and +193 Recommends is impressive  TexasObserver   Jul-26-09 10:13 AM   #199 
  - K & R  L0oniX   Jul-26-09 10:34 AM   #200 
 

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