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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever been a victim of police misconduct? [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)28. Interesting that most of these stories are from women.....
Another oppressed segment of the population under capitalism.
I'm not a woman and I'm white and I've had problems with cops overreaching from the time I was 16 years old on. The last time was just a couple of months ago when a cop stopped me for having a tail light out. I went to get it fixed and my tail lights were fine.
Cops do what they want without any responsibility and it's up to you to survive the encounter. Life under capitalism.
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I'm pretty sure the School Resource Officer at my HS was grabbing a feel
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2014
#20
I've never had an interaction with the police where their actions weren't blatantly criminal
Taitertots
Sep 2014
#19
Yes, and I sued for false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution and won.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2014
#21
In all fairness, I have to post a story of 'above and beyond' service from LAPD, years ago.
mnhtnbb
Sep 2014
#22
I often tell people, including the police, exactly what I'm thinking. And sometimes I'm a smart-ass
hunter
Sep 2014
#23
I was 17 years old. I was living in Long Island and a senior in H.S. and commuting to the city for
stevenleser
Sep 2014
#25
A police Lt I barely knew hugged me and grabbed and squeezed whole handful of boob@ mom's wake.
bettyellen
Sep 2014
#31
Not sure if ever to the level of misconduct (crime), but harassed quite a few times
MillennialDem
Sep 2014
#33
I am an upper middle-class white female from a small-ish university town in the Southwest
distantearlywarning
Sep 2014
#35