General Discussion

antiquie

(4,299 posts)

112. I do consider myself lucky

Reply to marym625 (Reply #109)

Sun Nov 2, 2014, 01:16 PM

Nov 2014

I was a young woman post-pill and pre-AIDS.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

123 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Poll on police abuse of power [View all] marym625 Oct 2014 OP

I'd say being dared to take a swing at a CHP, with two CHPs present, is abusive. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #1

Yep. Counts in my book. marym625 Oct 2014 #2

I've been lucky and only had a half-dozen encounters rock Oct 2014 #3

That's lucky? marym625 Oct 2014 #9

It's a tough question for me JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #4

sexual abuse POC marym625 Oct 2014 #12

I complained JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #23

That's another thing most of us females have in common marym625 Oct 2014 #28

One was a woman! JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #43

I have had a female stalker marym625 Oct 2014 #45

No my best friend was still in the closet JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #66

women can be nuts! marym625 Oct 2014 #68

My very first .. sendero Oct 2014 #5

Yeah, being an asshole marym625 Oct 2014 #13

without going into too many details.. sendero Oct 2014 #14

Oh yeah marym625 Oct 2014 #15

I was offering it... sendero Oct 2014 #21

Thank you marym625 Oct 2014 #27

Abuse of power, no physical altercation WP - nt KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #6

Gun drawn on me once but I don't count it as abuse. Jokerman Oct 2014 #7

I can't imagine marym625 Oct 2014 #10

Well, I was armed at the time. Jokerman Oct 2014 #29

WOW marym625 Oct 2014 #35

Scumbags, Dirtbags, Garbage otohara Oct 2014 #8

Damn marym625 Oct 2014 #11

Been the victim of a conspiracy by the local school board and state's attorney office. Ykcutnek Oct 2014 #16

wow! that's a first I have seen here marym625 Oct 2014 #18

Stopped for Driving While Poor in a Wealthy neighborhood once. And White in a Black one once. n/t ieoeja Oct 2014 #17

yep those happen marym625 Oct 2014 #19

Physical abuse. Lots of it, many times, over many years. Iggo Oct 2014 #20

I'm so sorry. Truly marym625 Oct 2014 #30

every road check is abuse of "power" ileus Oct 2014 #22

It sure is marym625 Oct 2014 #31

Small county, many LEOs three main routes... ileus Oct 2014 #44

YIKES! I've never come across one. n/t marym625 Oct 2014 #47

Agreed. I can't stand those and we have them all the time too. nt Live and Learn Oct 2014 #62

One important thing to keep in mind with this poll is social status me b zola Oct 2014 #24

Yes, true statement marym625 Oct 2014 #32

DU is largely upper middle class? I did not know that--I guess I should've read the TOS more Stardust Nov 2014 #72

There have been several polls over the years reflecting the percentages of ecconomic representation me b zola Nov 2014 #83

The poll seems to disagree with you joeglow3 Nov 2014 #92

I'm a little surprised at the numbers myself marym625 Nov 2014 #119

I doubt we are mostly upper middle class. Chemisse Nov 2014 #85

WP, been cuffed, while they also cuffed my friend (POC) bigwillq Oct 2014 #25

Damn. I just don't understand marym625 Oct 2014 #33

I am white and working/middle class so only a couple of times. hifiguy Oct 2014 #26

I love prosecutors like that! marym625 Oct 2014 #34

Just ASKING Mr Dixon Oct 2014 #36

I can marym625 Oct 2014 #37

Oh bigwillq Oct 2014 #38

Your assumption is correct POC = Person of Color and WP = White Person marym625 Oct 2014 #39

No. I didn't make any assumptions about your race. bigwillq Oct 2014 #40

Thanks, I was confused n/t marym625 Oct 2014 #41

PS marym625 Oct 2014 #42

Middle class white woman here -- received physical but no sexual abuse. nt ancianita Oct 2014 #46

I'm sorry. marym625 Oct 2014 #49

Turned out okay because I'm the one that won that strip search case.The poll is a great idea, thanks ancianita Oct 2014 #51

I KNEW I knew your name marym625 Oct 2014 #53

I am considering strip seaches sexual abuses marym625 Oct 2014 #56

I was torn. I can see both sides of the claim but would rather give benefit of the doubt, since it ancianita Oct 2014 #60

oh. marym625 Oct 2014 #61

Nah, there weren't any in the late seventies. ancianita Oct 2014 #63

That's when it happened to me marym625 Oct 2014 #65

Yeah, I saw nothing at the 11th and State Women's Lockup. ancianita Oct 2014 #67

OH FUN PLACE!! yikes. Thanks n/t marym625 Oct 2014 #69

Pulled over for bogus reasons, also had one harass me after I said I didn't recognize a street name uppityperson Oct 2014 #48

That's exactly why I posted this marym625 Oct 2014 #50

Yes, indeed, and very much so. Another instance, one summer evening around 10 pm, uppityperson Oct 2014 #52

I would rec this if I could marym625 Oct 2014 #54

+1 nt Live and Learn Oct 2014 #64

stupidty+gun= heaven05 Nov 2014 #84

I fully expected to be. I was getting bored doing variations of "I am sorry, sir" but no way was uppityperson Nov 2014 #93

Well, there was the one time... Scootaloo Oct 2014 #55

Holy crap! marym625 Oct 2014 #58

Back when I was a hippie, I used to get pulled over for stealing my lob1 Oct 2014 #57

I remember that kind of thing happening marym625 Oct 2014 #59

Which time? Glassunion Oct 2014 #70

Oh my marym625 Oct 2014 #71

DWSB, Broward County Fla Bonx Nov 2014 #73

I certainly heard about it marym625 Nov 2014 #74

I've only gotten a ticket sakabatou Nov 2014 #75

Should you have though? n/t marym625 Nov 2014 #76

Possibly, as I was given the wrong ticket for the train sakabatou Nov 2014 #77

uhm, what? n/t marym625 Nov 2014 #80

I was a lot younger sakabatou Nov 2014 #88

Do you want to explain marym625 Nov 2014 #91

As far as I know, it wasn't sakabatou Nov 2014 #100

Fort Lauderdale FL Marrah_G Nov 2014 #78

Damn! marym625 Nov 2014 #81

No- I spent the weekend in jail Marrah_G Nov 2014 #99

lots of power abuse heaven05 Nov 2014 #79

of course it counts marym625 Nov 2014 #82

I voted Sexual Abuse FormerOstrich Nov 2014 #86

Thank you for responding marym625 Nov 2014 #87

Marym625.... FormerOstrich Nov 2014 #95

awe! Thank you! marym625 Nov 2014 #97

As a black kid, riding a bike he bought with his own money, in a predominantly white neighborhood MrScorpio Nov 2014 #89

I really hate seeing so much hate against kids marym625 Nov 2014 #90

I had to call the cops Aerows Nov 2014 #94

Just keep being amazed at the audacity marym625 Nov 2014 #96

I'm a petite blonde woman Aerows Nov 2014 #98

Several minor incidents neeksgeek Nov 2014 #101

That's a great deal of crap! marym625 Nov 2014 #102

POC v. WP antiquie Nov 2014 #103

no. marym625 Nov 2014 #104

Before 9/11 antiquie Nov 2014 #105

I am so sorry marym625 Nov 2014 #106

Back when I was a hippie chick antiquie Nov 2014 #107

sure has marym625 Nov 2014 #109

I do consider myself lucky antiquie Nov 2014 #112

Me too. n/t marym625 Nov 2014 #115

edit deleting, I figured it out GummyBearz Nov 2014 #108

Did I miss something? marym625 Nov 2014 #110

np GummyBearz Nov 2014 #114

Thank you. n/t marym625 Nov 2014 #116

although i am POC, i am not black, and in this case it matters. La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2014 #111

It's more about what anyone who isn't a white person marym625 Nov 2014 #113

three times i have been drawn on tapermaker Nov 2014 #117

Oh my goodness! marym625 Nov 2014 #118

Maybe a gun drawn, and a murder. Bradical79 Nov 2014 #120

I am so very sorry marym625 Nov 2014 #121

Thanks, and Im not sure Bradical79 Nov 2014 #122

Wealth/ class marym625 Nov 2014 #123