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[–] Johno ago 

Customs agents (border police) took a bag of halal candy that I declared because it contained beef gelatin and I didn't have an import permit for animal products. This was almost two years ago.

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[–] semisane ago  (edited ago)

I've only ever had good experiences with cops. All three times I've had to deal with cops were when they brought my drunken brother home safely

Oh, didn't see the "negatively" in the title. Ah well

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[–] thibovir ago 

When my best friends' son committed suicide, the Detective assigned to the case has dragged his feet over giving back his sons belongings for 8 months now. Kept promising to do something and just didn't. His "Superior", when caked, stated this is unacceptable! And now it has taken 4 more months. No investigation was needed. Cut and dried case.

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[–] majormajormajormajor ago 

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

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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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[–] 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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[–] 1373352? 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago  (edited ago)

I'm hesitant to post this, because I'll sound like a whiny idiot that got what they deserved, but you'll just have to believe me.

This past week I got a bullshit reckless driving ticket that carries up to a $1000 fine and 90 days in jail (potentially) because I was trying to get away from a road rager that was trying to run me into oncoming traffic and off the road. Now I have to pay a traffic lawyer and hope the judge isn't a cop-siding prick. Or maybe the asshole that gave me the ticket won't show up and I'll get off free.

The entire time I was talking to the cop, he was trying to get me to incriminate myself whether it was true or not "you were trying to pass in no passing zones... right, right?" or "so you were driving on the shoulder, right?". Now whether any cops I meet in the future are the nicest in the country or the biggest assholes, I will NEVER trust them. They're lying pieces of shit that want to flex their authority and get as much income for the city as they can, whether it's for a legitimate reason or not.

edit: oh and he tried to make me be thankful that he was there to ticket me because he gave me the typical bullshit "I'm gonna be nice and not take you to jail" yeah right, you just know you'd get in trouble if you took another person that did nothing wrong to the jail.

more edit: and now you see why I was hesitant to post and why voat really isn't as different as we'd like it to be

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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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