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[–] majormajormajormajor ago 

Never. Unless you count getting a ticket having a negative impact.

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[–] raznog 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

My 2 year old and I waved “hi” to one the other day and she just ignored us. Even made eye contact with us but just looked away and continued on.

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[–] Reow ago 

I was always taught never to wave to police, as it is (or at least was) a signal of distress. There's a chance the officer was assessing whether your child was in distress and decided they weren't, so just moved on. I agree the officer could have been more courteous considering the circumstances, though.

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[–] FetusChrist 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I was robbed, they broke a shed window and stole a bunch of tools. Came home with some friends to catch them in the act. We made them sit down and called the police. Really everything was going as smooth as possible, thought I'd get all my tools back and I'd just have to worry about replacing the window. That was until the police arrived. They got my story and my friends collaborated. They asked if I had number for my tools, I didn't, but I had engraved my initials in all of my tools in a very unique way that I developed after some confusion with tools on worksites. Then they asked the guys "Other than these tools on the ground do you have any more of his tools in your car?" They said no. Case closed and they let them drive away. They told me there wasn't enough to search there car and they don't have time to deal with petty stuff like this.

Not even a week later I was pulled over for having a crooked license plate. Same town. After pulling me over the officer said he smelled marijuana and was going to search the car. I don't smoke so obviously he finds nothing after a half an hour of searching.

That's when I realized the cops are no longer to protect and serve. They're here to collect fees for their cities and nothing more.

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[–] Nerdyschmerdyguy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I had an officer pull me over because he thought I was driving a stolen vehicle. After it became clear that I had just purchased a newer car of the same model and transferred the plates to the new car, rather than admit the mistake and let me go on my merry way, the officer cited me for running a red light. I showed up in traffic court and told the judge, along with all the other cops in the room he was a dirty cop. I won in court because the officer was dumb enough to write on his report he pulled me over for suspicion of driving stolen vehicle with no mention of running a red light. I pointed this out and the judge laughed, and said I was also owed an apology and dismissed the case, I filed a formal complaint against the officer too.

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[–] sudo_intellectual 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago  (edited ago)

I was personally affected negatively by cops when I watched their brutality on video via the internet. I was angry and upset by the injustice and the maltreatment of my fellow man.

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[–] darthsuegar ago 

I've been pulled over twice. The first was nighttime in a city and my lights were off on accident, I had just pulled out of my parking lot when the officer lit up and pulled me over. He asked for my license and registration, I stuttered a bit (I was nervous, first time being pulled over and all). He asked if I'd had anything to drink. I said, "No, sir." He ran my numbers, told me my lights were out, and let me go with a warning.

The second time, there was an officer next to a stop sign standing and watching for seatbelts. I wasn't wearing one. He told me to pull over, I did, he asked why I wasn't wearing a seatbelt, I told him I had forgotten to put it on. He was stern but respectful the entire time. He gave me my ticket, and started away. I called him back, he came back and said, "Yes?" and I asked if it would put points on my license or anything. He said no. I said thanks, he left, I left with a seatbelt on.

I had one interaction where after my rearview mirror had fallen off, an officer with his lights on came flying up behind me. I started to pull over (I saw him in my side mirrors before he got very close), he drove beside me and yelled for me to use my mirrors, pretty rudely. I was annoyed at first but figured he had somewhere important to be so I figured it was reasonable to be a bit annoyed that I hadn't gotten out of the way sooner. Maybe he was just having a bad day, who knows. I'm not upset about it, even if he was pretty unnecessarily rude.

I've found generally in my interactions with them, if you remain polite and respectful, they probably won't get upset with you and make your day worse. Half of these videos where someone is being rude and short and making a big issue out of something simple like handing over your license/registration, I have little sympathy for them. I also don't do anything that really be against the law outside of speeding or not wearing a seatbelt. I think that more than likely helps with the police treating me decently.

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[–] setitimer ago 

The police in my town (upstate New York near Poughkeepsie) like to do "safety checks" periodically. The town is on the Hudson river and Route 9W passes through it. They set up at two locations, on the north and and south ends of town, at points where 9W is one lane in each direction. The locations are conveniently located next to large parking lots that they can pull people over into. They typically start before morning rush hour and stay until mid afternoon. Once in a while they'll do the opposite, starting mid afternoon and running til well past evening rush hour.

And basically it's a roadblock. They put officers in the center line of the 2-lane road and look for expired inspection stickers and registrations. They pull over dozens of people on their way to or from work, and generally completely wreck traffic. But they don't care, because generating revenue is way more important than letting people go on about their lives.

This isn't a big deal on a personal level compared to some of the stories in this thread, but it's incredible just how oppressive the cops here are to ordinary people. They pull stuff like this, they park in apple orchards near deserted 3-way intersections between 5 and 6 PM to catch people rolling through a useless stop sign on their way home from work, etc. They see us not as citizens to be protected and served, but as a source of income to be fleeced at every opportunity.

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[–] zveda 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I watched through a train door as a guy got thrown to the ground and handcuffed for refusing to sit on the floor when the officer instructed him to. I'm pretty sure the guy just said he is comfortable standing. The cop repeated his command one more time and then lost it.

I got fined more than once for not wearing a helmet while riding a bicycle (they are mandatory in Australia). I got lectured about how if I'm smart enough to go to university, then I should be smart enough to wear a helmet bla bla bla. And if I'm caught not wearing it again they will take away my bike.

When I was robbed and young and naive enough to believe that the cops were my friends, I went down to the police station to report the crime and even tell the cops that I know in which building the criminals live and what they look like. Nothing happened.

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