So, I just had a run-in with police...
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I wear a dressing gown and pink or blue pajama trousers, both of which clothing articles I have in multiples because they work for me. I don't pay much attention to the thoughts or opinions of people the quality of whose judgement I don't know, so naturally it's easy to wear these things whether I'm gaming at home or breaking reclusion to buy food from the corner shop. The crowd is all one person essentially, and that person doesn't matter.
Last year I was stopped-and-searched. I asked the officer whether his job wouldn't be just a little too easy if dealers all went about dressed for bed, but he didn't respond well. He seemed to be treating the matter of my habit and intentions with X-treme seriousness. He asked me where I got the money and seemed more disgusted when I told him that it was disability than I think he would have been if I'd confessed to moving a bag of cocaine.
I started shopping online after that. I still visit the corner shop far more rarely than I used to.
Last year I was stopped-and-searched. I asked the officer whether his job wouldn't be just a little too easy if dealers all went about dressed for bed, but he didn't respond well. He seemed to be treating the matter of my habit and intentions with X-treme seriousness. He asked me where I got the money and seemed more disgusted when I told him that it was disability than I think he would have been if I'd confessed to moving a bag of cocaine.
I started shopping online after that. I still visit the corner shop far more rarely than I used to.
i have never had any bad encounters with normal patrol police i have encountered there were some instances where i was detained because they were too stupid to properly read a scale. I always carry a swiss army knife and a one point even bought a smaller one because the blade on my old one was too long after they changed the law. And frequently during routine checks(police are allowed to just check your stuff without cause around here) they detain me because they have no proper way to determine if the knife is a tool or a dangerous murder instrument.
however, riot police(we have special police units here who only do that) are total dicks. the amount of times i have seen them beating up protesters simply because there were no cameras around and they were bored just can't be the action of a few misguided individuals.
however, riot police(we have special police units here who only do that) are total dicks. the amount of times i have seen them beating up protesters simply because there were no cameras around and they were bored just can't be the action of a few misguided individuals.
On Saturday evening, near midnight, I was getting ready to leave the gym (which is 30 minutes past the get the hell out/official closing time) and I see police lights flashing in front of the building. Sitting down to get my boots on I notice an officer walking towards the door. Without prompt I immediately deactivated the electronic lock and let her in. She asked me who I was, could she see some ID, what I was doing in the gym so late, why was a car with a fifteen year old parked out in front, why I did not go to the gym earlier, many of which were re-asked with slight alterations by her male partner.
After having answered all of their questions and concurred that it did indeed look suspicious we parted ways without animosity. However a relative who already has his learners was sassing the hell out of them, something the cops mentioned and I once again agreed with. He is a pseudo-intellectual, narcissistic, selective-nihilistic, brat with a personality that is an amalgamation of Penn Jillette and Razorfist. After a stern talking to and warning from the female officer given to my relative she thanked me for my patience and then left.
After having answered all of their questions and concurred that it did indeed look suspicious we parted ways without animosity. However a relative who already has his learners was sassing the hell out of them, something the cops mentioned and I once again agreed with. He is a pseudo-intellectual, narcissistic, selective-nihilistic, brat with a personality that is an amalgamation of Penn Jillette and Razorfist. After a stern talking to and warning from the female officer given to my relative she thanked me for my patience and then left.
I myself haven't had any negative encounters with the police, but my brother has.
Not too long ago there were a lot of student protests going on, due to a proposed hike in tuition fees for college. Obviously, poorer students were none too happy. Now, the students themselves (for the most part) were non-violent, but there were still police present and not everyone at the protests was so inclined.
My brother was at a few of these protests, but at one, the night he and I were supposed to see Rammstein in concert together, things got crazy. The police threw tear gas at the crowd, everyone ran, someone who'd been standing beside my brother had thrown a rock, and in the end he tripped and got tackled. Ended up with a few bad bruises, and didn't want to pass by where it happened the day after. They kept him with a few other protesters for a few hours, and let him go with, I believe, a charge for "illegal assembly." Or something along those lines.
My parents and I wouldn't have found out before his phone call if not for the concert that night, and the fact that I couldn't get in touch with him, causing all of us to grow concerned. My dad found out what happened when he found pictures of my brother getting arrested on a news website.
It was terrible and stressful for all of us, but at least the concert kicked ass.
Not too long ago there were a lot of student protests going on, due to a proposed hike in tuition fees for college. Obviously, poorer students were none too happy. Now, the students themselves (for the most part) were non-violent, but there were still police present and not everyone at the protests was so inclined.
My brother was at a few of these protests, but at one, the night he and I were supposed to see Rammstein in concert together, things got crazy. The police threw tear gas at the crowd, everyone ran, someone who'd been standing beside my brother had thrown a rock, and in the end he tripped and got tackled. Ended up with a few bad bruises, and didn't want to pass by where it happened the day after. They kept him with a few other protesters for a few hours, and let him go with, I believe, a charge for "illegal assembly." Or something along those lines.
My parents and I wouldn't have found out before his phone call if not for the concert that night, and the fact that I couldn't get in touch with him, causing all of us to grow concerned. My dad found out what happened when he found pictures of my brother getting arrested on a news website.
It was terrible and stressful for all of us, but at least the concert kicked ass.
I'm really pissed off at my cities law enforcement right now. This March I'm going to court to fight a fraudulent ticket I was given for tailgating.
I was given the ticket after I rear ended another car on the highway. However, I had not been tailgating them, there was at least 50 feet between us before the accident. The car had come to a screeching halt in the middle of the highway for seemingly no reason despite there being no traffic and I didn't react fast enough to come to a complete stop. Believe it or not you don't need to be tailgating to hit another car if you're going 60 mph and it stops dead in front of you.
However that didn't seem to matter. Around 3 or 4 minutes later while we were on the side of the road talking about the accident a cop pulled up and asked me and the other driver what had happened. We told her the truth, she asked to see our license and registration, you know, all that crap. Then she gave me a ticket. She never explained in detail what the ticket was for, just that drivers are always given tickets when they cause an accident. I didn't know whether or not that was true but since she was a cop I didn't second guess her.
Later when I took some time to read the report on the ticket I realized it was actually for tailgating, not just for causing an accident.
1. It turns out you can't get a ticket just for causing an accident. I looked it up. So she lied about that to me, and then used that lie as a reason to give me the ticket.
2. She never told me the actual reason she was writing the ticket: tailgating. If she had I would have protested it. I had already explained why the accident had occurred and made it clear that I was a reasonable distance from the other car. I'm pretty sure it's illegal to write up a ticket and lie about what it's for.
3. She wasn't around when the accident happened. She wrote me a ticket for a violation she didn't witness and has no evidence of. She wrote it purely on the assumption I had been tailgating without any evidence or even testament from me or the other driver to verify it. In other words even if I HAD been tailgating, she would have no right to give me this ticket.
I'm pretty sure she just assumed because I was a nervous teenager who was clearly a new driver that she could take advantage of me by giving me a ticket and that I wouldn't question or second guess it. Well fuck her, I'm going to fight it and I hope she gets in some kind of trouble for this.
Also, the first time I went to fight the ticket in January I had to wait 5 hours in a courtroom to see the judge only to be told I had been sent to the wrong room and they had skipped over my case because I hadn't shown up, forcing them to rebook me again for March. Seriously? I was there waiting patiently for 5 whole hours, missing work, all for nothing because they can't keep anything strait.
I was given the ticket after I rear ended another car on the highway. However, I had not been tailgating them, there was at least 50 feet between us before the accident. The car had come to a screeching halt in the middle of the highway for seemingly no reason despite there being no traffic and I didn't react fast enough to come to a complete stop. Believe it or not you don't need to be tailgating to hit another car if you're going 60 mph and it stops dead in front of you.
However that didn't seem to matter. Around 3 or 4 minutes later while we were on the side of the road talking about the accident a cop pulled up and asked me and the other driver what had happened. We told her the truth, she asked to see our license and registration, you know, all that crap. Then she gave me a ticket. She never explained in detail what the ticket was for, just that drivers are always given tickets when they cause an accident. I didn't know whether or not that was true but since she was a cop I didn't second guess her.
Later when I took some time to read the report on the ticket I realized it was actually for tailgating, not just for causing an accident.
1. It turns out you can't get a ticket just for causing an accident. I looked it up. So she lied about that to me, and then used that lie as a reason to give me the ticket.
2. She never told me the actual reason she was writing the ticket: tailgating. If she had I would have protested it. I had already explained why the accident had occurred and made it clear that I was a reasonable distance from the other car. I'm pretty sure it's illegal to write up a ticket and lie about what it's for.
3. She wasn't around when the accident happened. She wrote me a ticket for a violation she didn't witness and has no evidence of. She wrote it purely on the assumption I had been tailgating without any evidence or even testament from me or the other driver to verify it. In other words even if I HAD been tailgating, she would have no right to give me this ticket.
I'm pretty sure she just assumed because I was a nervous teenager who was clearly a new driver that she could take advantage of me by giving me a ticket and that I wouldn't question or second guess it. Well fuck her, I'm going to fight it and I hope she gets in some kind of trouble for this.
Also, the first time I went to fight the ticket in January I had to wait 5 hours in a courtroom to see the judge only to be told I had been sent to the wrong room and they had skipped over my case because I hadn't shown up, forcing them to rebook me again for March. Seriously? I was there waiting patiently for 5 whole hours, missing work, all for nothing because they can't keep anything strait.
No similar story here, police are like unicorns in Australia. On the one hand, police shouldn't be involving themselves in any of your things unless it's something relevant, but on the other hand, maybe they were trying to establish a casual atmosphere or something.
I've had this happen to me once too.
It was around 3 AM heavy rain, and I was a little drunk, returning home from a party at friends house. Suddenly a police car pulled near me and two policemen wanted to see my ID and asked me a bunch of questions, because apparently someone robbed a bar in the center of my city, so they were on lookout for anyone suspicious.
And since I was like the only person still on the streets at that time in a downpour, I must have looked pretty suspicious.
But they were nice enough, since one of them looked at my adress and they offered me a ride home, as they were headed that way anyway.
It was around 3 AM heavy rain, and I was a little drunk, returning home from a party at friends house. Suddenly a police car pulled near me and two policemen wanted to see my ID and asked me a bunch of questions, because apparently someone robbed a bar in the center of my city, so they were on lookout for anyone suspicious.
And since I was like the only person still on the streets at that time in a downpour, I must have looked pretty suspicious.
But they were nice enough, since one of them looked at my adress and they offered me a ride home, as they were headed that way anyway.
Well I had a fun experience with the police. I was going over to a friends house, with three other friends in tow. Apparently the police had received a report of someone in the area with a shaved head and wearing a camouflage jacket carrying a firearm. Luckily for me I had shaved my head earlier that day (which I've done every month or two for the last 12 years), and I was wearing an urban camo jacket. The cops saw us, ordered us to get down on our knees, and two of them drew their handguns and pointed them at us. Four cops, two with their guns drawn and pointing them at us, one on the radio to the station, and one doing pat-downs to make sure we didn't have any weapons.
The thing I really point out about this situation is that there were four of us, three men, and one woman. And the woman was, shall I say "well-endowed" in the chest department. The pat-down of the guys took all of five seconds, patted the pants pockets front and back, patted our jackets. On the woman, he took a good 30 seconds if not more, and most of that pat down was concentrated on the chest area, and he was apologizing to her the entire time "I'm sorry, I have to do this". Even though she didn't match the description of the suspect at all, since she was female, didn't have a shaved head, wasn't wearing camo, he sure spent a shitload of time concentrating on her breasts.
There's also the fact that around here, it's pretty quiet. The police don't get much practice with their firearms, and having a shaking rookie pointing a Glock at your face is really worrying. Especially when you didn't do a damn thing, and when you know the person they were actually looking for didn't actually commit a crime either. Open carry is legal here, and all they had to go on was a person carrying a firearm.
I've had other interactions with the police when I've been out walking at night and they've stopped me and asked me for ID and asked what I was doing and where I was going. A half mile from my house. When I'm going for a damn walk to try and be a bit healthier. I don't trust cops, every interaction I've had with them has been them accusing me of something I didn't do. And when they point their firearms at my head and I know they have almost no training on them, I get scared.
The thing I really point out about this situation is that there were four of us, three men, and one woman. And the woman was, shall I say "well-endowed" in the chest department. The pat-down of the guys took all of five seconds, patted the pants pockets front and back, patted our jackets. On the woman, he took a good 30 seconds if not more, and most of that pat down was concentrated on the chest area, and he was apologizing to her the entire time "I'm sorry, I have to do this". Even though she didn't match the description of the suspect at all, since she was female, didn't have a shaved head, wasn't wearing camo, he sure spent a shitload of time concentrating on her breasts.
There's also the fact that around here, it's pretty quiet. The police don't get much practice with their firearms, and having a shaking rookie pointing a Glock at your face is really worrying. Especially when you didn't do a damn thing, and when you know the person they were actually looking for didn't actually commit a crime either. Open carry is legal here, and all they had to go on was a person carrying a firearm.
I've had other interactions with the police when I've been out walking at night and they've stopped me and asked me for ID and asked what I was doing and where I was going. A half mile from my house. When I'm going for a damn walk to try and be a bit healthier. I don't trust cops, every interaction I've had with them has been them accusing me of something I didn't do. And when they point their firearms at my head and I know they have almost no training on them, I get scared.
I had something a little similar one time when I was meeting up with some friends. I was standing outside the underground (metro) station and my friends were running late as usual. I was approached by two undercover cops who said I was acting suspiciously because I was looking at all of the people coming out of the station. Presumably they thought I was planning to mug somebody, when the reality was I was looking out to see if my friends had arrived.
The stupid thing is, that there were many other people doing the same as I was, and out of all of them I was not only the most conspicuously dressed (as in, I could get picked out of a line-up within 2 seconds), I was also wearing extremely impractical clothing were I to plan on mugging a person and running.
But no, out of all the people, apparently I was the suspicious one. At any rate they searched me, put my name through the database (both came up with nothing) and off they went.
The stupid thing is, that there were many other people doing the same as I was, and out of all of them I was not only the most conspicuously dressed (as in, I could get picked out of a line-up within 2 seconds), I was also wearing extremely impractical clothing were I to plan on mugging a person and running.
But no, out of all the people, apparently I was the suspicious one. At any rate they searched me, put my name through the database (both came up with nothing) and off they went.
in the uk, most universities. 40-49% is a third, 50-59% a 2:2, 60-69% a 2:1 and 70%+ a first, so 57 is actually not that bad.Truglington said:
personally only had 1 run in with the police, quite a few years ago mind. was longboarding down a road on my way to a friends, and they pulled me over because a skateboarder had been grafitiing (is that a word?) a lot, so they searched my bag for spray paint cans. on finding nothing they let me go, but despite me being pretty polite they talked as if i was being a dick about it, because i think they expected me to be... was kinda stupid really.
Police should only be able to stop people who are committing a crime. "Looking guilty" isn't grounds for harassment. The problem is that even though they have no right to stop you and search you, they will forcibly do so anyway and nobody will do anything about it. I personalty want cops off the streets. I have a phone; if I need them I will call them.
Got pulled over on my way to Albuquerque from Phoenix in a place where you could turn around 360 degrees and see nothing but the distant horizon all the way. The speed limit was 85, I had the cruise on at 100 unless I was around other vehicles. I suddenly see lights in he rear view and I pull over.
And I shit you not "PULL OVER MORE" this was in 2000
I did so, I was asked to step out, was promptly cuffed and told I was being arrested because I was going 135mph and we would have to go 65 miles south to the station. At this point I was nearly pissing myself.
We had to wait for his sgt because he was a k9 unit, once he got there he starts trying and succeeding to intimidate me, saying they were about to set up a spike trap further down the road. He asks me "why the hell would you go 135?" I told him I had the cruise on at 100 and then it dawned on me. "Sir, this car as you know is a rental, it also has a stock governor in it, and wont go over 105", Yes I tried =D it was a 2000 impala not a one of the earlier B bodies but still it had go.
The two talk and say they will let me take care of it in the mail and let me go. 0_o 450$ ticket. I was only out there on a training assignment and was flying back to the east coast in a few weeks, so I couldn't appear in court and I was a dumb kid so I paid it.
I wish I knew what I do now and could have gone, Here's the statement from Avis saying the car has not been modified. Here is the statement from Chevy stating that vin number has an electronic governor limiting the car to 105 (even in downhill) Have a nice day.
Odd how a felony speeding charge is nonexistent on my driving and criminal record, which also does not exist.
Oh well some hick cops got a 450$ bonus methinks.
And I shit you not "PULL OVER MORE" this was in 2000
I did so, I was asked to step out, was promptly cuffed and told I was being arrested because I was going 135mph and we would have to go 65 miles south to the station. At this point I was nearly pissing myself.
We had to wait for his sgt because he was a k9 unit, once he got there he starts trying and succeeding to intimidate me, saying they were about to set up a spike trap further down the road. He asks me "why the hell would you go 135?" I told him I had the cruise on at 100 and then it dawned on me. "Sir, this car as you know is a rental, it also has a stock governor in it, and wont go over 105", Yes I tried =D it was a 2000 impala not a one of the earlier B bodies but still it had go.
The two talk and say they will let me take care of it in the mail and let me go. 0_o 450$ ticket. I was only out there on a training assignment and was flying back to the east coast in a few weeks, so I couldn't appear in court and I was a dumb kid so I paid it.
I wish I knew what I do now and could have gone, Here's the statement from Avis saying the car has not been modified. Here is the statement from Chevy stating that vin number has an electronic governor limiting the car to 105 (even in downhill) Have a nice day.
Odd how a felony speeding charge is nonexistent on my driving and criminal record, which also does not exist.
Oh well some hick cops got a 450$ bonus methinks.
Unless you go to some private schools. Then anything beneath a 60 is a fail, which is kinda shit but really you shouldn't be getting even as low as a 60 if you're paying that much to go there >.>imahobbit4062 said:
OT: Only time I've had a run in with the cops was a couple that said hi as I walked to my bus stop in the morning whilst they were questioning someone.
My father and grandmother on his side have had a few run ins with the police though. Grandma mostly for speeding, dad... also mostly for speeding, but in a more over the top way.
He was driving Interstate from Melbourne to Sidney a few years after he'd got his full license, on a long, empty, straight road. A car came speeding up behind him, pulled in front, and then slowed down to slower than my dad had been originally driving. As you can guess, dad got kinda annoyed and drove back in front of him. The car sped up again and overtook him, before slowing down again. Again, dad overtook it. This happened another 2 or 3 times before dad just got pissed off. Rather than overtaking the car, he just sped up. The idiot driving the other car started to speed up accordingly. Normally this would be a fine ending, 'cause both people ended up getting what they wanted - that prick got the front place, dad got a decent driving speed. But, you don't piss off people in my family, it doesn't end well. Over the next few kilometres dad sped up constantly until his speed dial had the needle bent against the stopper, and the car in front of course sped up accordingly.
Eventually they came to the one curve on the road, which just so happened to have a couple of police officers there. Brakes were used, but it was seriously obvious they were speeding, so they both got pulled over. One of them came and questioned my dad before giving him a speeding ticket for doing 140km/h in a 100km/h zone, which had my dad almost choking at how low the reading was compared to how fast the two cars had actually been going [As said, the needle was bent against the stopper on the speed dial, and that dial went up to 180km/h].
Otherwise been pretty much clean of police interference. Live just out of the range of where most crimes happen, so we're never needed for questioning or anything, but we still count them as crimes in our area. Even with police living on our street we barely ever speak to them.
Just before leaving on an expedition we were using the school grounds to prepare and stay before we set off. There were 24 of us and we ordered pizza (at first they didn't believe we were placing an order for that many pizzas). They all had to be passed over the gate which had been locked. Some local neighbours must've thought it was normal for 24 burglars to order a pizza to eat somewhere they're robbing from cos we had the police drive up about half an hour later
I get checked and sometimes searched most times I cross the border back into Germany (I live in the Netherlands atm). Quite obviously, because I look like a metalhead slacker and someone who'd do drugs. Why I'd take any with me when I live in a country where I can just buy them legally is beyond me though. The cops sure seem to think that's likely, because pot is mostly illegal in Germany.
One asked me once if I had more than 10k? in cash with me. He was being serious. I have never seen that much money, lest owned it.
One asked me once if I had more than 10k? in cash with me. He was being serious. I have never seen that much money, lest owned it.
Depending on where you live, they actually have the right. Countries differ in that way quite a bit. : /cthulhuspawn82 said:
In Germany, for example, the border patrol can't force you to answer their shit. A federal cop, however, can. And so they just bring one along.
Well, one day I an some of my friends we found a area near the road and we started drinking tsikoudia and eating some kinds of sweets. I must adresss we were in High-School back then.
Suddendly, a cop saw us drinking and he turned around with his bike to talk to us.
Do you know what he told us?
"Can I drink tsikoudia too my friends?" [In Greeks this sense is translated VERY different I must say.]
So we give him to drink alo we talk with him. After a half an our, he said goodbye and left us. He was a good guy I must say ^^
Suddendly, a cop saw us drinking and he turned around with his bike to talk to us.
Do you know what he told us?
"Can I drink tsikoudia too my friends?" [In Greeks this sense is translated VERY different I must say.]
So we give him to drink alo we talk with him. After a half an our, he said goodbye and left us. He was a good guy I must say ^^