[–] glassdragon 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I was riding my motorcycle on a major highway (rt 75 in florida). 2.5 hour trip, I'm cruising at 5 over the limit with my cruise control on. My right hand wasn't even on the throttle, it was stretch out behind me resting on the right saddlebag. In front of me is a cop. Plenty of distance between us. So much he has enough room to speed up and slow down repeatedly without my ever getting overly close. I was leaving far more distance than typically necessary because he was driving erratically. The sudden speed varying, and nearly drifting off into the barrier (we were in the left most lane) a couple times.
After almost half an hour he pulls one lane over, drops back, looks at me as I pass (no way to miss that I'm not touching the throttle, arm in the breeze behind me remember), slides in behind me and hits the lights. I pull over, shut the bike, take my helmet off and wait for him. He comes up and starts bitching at me for speeding and pacing him.
I keep it polite and friendly and just play confused dumb, asking him to help me understand how I could be pacing him when using cruise control? I always thought pacing meant varying speed to keep, you know, pace? And sorry about the speed, I thought 5 over was acceptable? I've been driving/riding for 22 years, that's what I've always been taught.
After a little back and forth I could see when the light bulb moment hit, where he decided I didn't fit any problem profiles, and he was just being a dick if he continued giving me grief. His demeanor completely shifted to friendly chatting for a couple minutes about bikes and random stuff and then he took off.
Nothing beyond the harassment of dealing with it all happened, but only because I didn't offend him in some way or look like an easy mark. It's incredibly demeaning to have to exercise the same types of skills I use when dealing with angry unfriendly dogs to protect myself from a police officer.
[–] angryCOMMguy 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Parked in the two handicap spots at the VA clinic, lazy dicks.
[–] cointelpro 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Years ago when the arresting officer lied in his report. Despite the fact that my testimony and the supporting officers testimony disagreed with that liars claim I was still convicted. I chalk it up to bad lawyers and good liars.
Fuck the police.
[–] Orthum 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Judges are giant cocks too. Mega dicks. Where are cops tend to have Aggresive dicks, Judges tend to be Giant ruin your life dicks. "Whats that your ex-wife wants to have a psych eval done on you for custody of your child? And she's even trying to recommend any of about 10 different psychologists from your insurance company, FUCK NO, FUCK THAT SHIT, NONE OF THOSE FUCKS GIVE ME A KICKBACK! YOU HAVE 3 FUCKING DAYS TO GO SEE THIS FUCKER NOW OR YOU'LL HAVE NO CHANCE OF SEEING YOUR DAUGHTER AGAIN EVER!" was basically what I got. FUCKER. 1200$ fucking bill that would have been covered.
[–] 2716057 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I had one when I was a teenager. Where I used to live, there is a law that teenage drivers, under 18, can't drive alone without a parent after midnight (or something like that). It was new when I got my license, but I knew about it.
So, one night, I was at a friend's house and I saw it was getting close to midnight, so I left. Being a new driver, I got lost on my way home, and had no idea where I was. On my way back I noticed a police cruiser behind me, so I voluntarily pulled over to ask him for directions.
No, I'll take a second to admit that I was in the wrong, and that I was breaking the new law, but I tried my best to stay as legal as possible.
So, when I pulled over, so did he. Protocol says he has to call for backup for all stops after a certain time, so a second interceptor arrived after a couple of minutes. We all talked and I explained the situation.
They threatened me, and unless I let them search my car, I'd be "in trouble." Being a dumb kid, I consented to a search of my car. While one officer searched the car, the other patted me down to make sure I didn't have any weapons.
When both searches were done, they gave me directions, drove off, and let me get back into my car. When I climbed in, it was a wreck... my owner's manual was literally torn to shreds, the coins (tons of coins) I kept in my console were literally everywhere, and the door to my glove compartment was broken.
The next day I tried to file a complaint, but ended up getting bullied to the point where I never even got a hold of a complaint form... I was still a kid and didn't know how the system worked.
[–] pm_me_firearms 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Dude was robbing our house. We called the police. Took them 2 hours to drive 5 miles. If they managed 30 minutes, then they could've caught him. Now we just keep a shotgun by the door.
[–] JH1010 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
As I live in the UK and don't live in South Yorkshire, I have never had a bad interaction with my police and they tend to be nice people. I don't see many of them 'on the beat' though, that's a job that has mainly been passed over to community support officers.
[–] ballsdotballs 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I got arrested for smoking weed at a Beck concert by three plain-clothes police officers in college. I didn't even know I was arrested because they just confiscated the weed and gave me what seemed like a speeding ticket. It wasn't until I came back to court 6 months later and they took my fingerprints, mugshot, etc that I realized that I was actually arrested. They wound up dismissing my case but I had to pay a 500 dollar fine and do 40 hours of community service.
While I felt super angry at the time that it happened, it doesn't really bother me now. I mean, I knew I was doing something illegal, so ultimately I have no real excuse. I now live in a state where its legal, but I don't really even smoke weed anymore.
Other that that incident, I've never really had a negative interaction with a cop. The ones where I live now always seem friendly and reasonable.
[–] MeeseeksBox 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago (edited ago)
The day I was supposed to move out of my apartment I got involved in an 8 hour stand off with police. They weren't there for me, they were there for my neighbor. He had a knife, not even a big knife just a knife, with no hostages or anything like that. They surrounded the building with little boy piggies holding their favorite toys, mostly AR-15's and grenade launchers. The swat team was called in, there were probably 50-60 officers present, for one guy who had a knife.
Turns out the law he broke was a simple traffic violation, and the cops were trying to arrest him for not paying tickets which he had never received. He had been on probation, so they were going to be taking him away for a long time and he was refusing to go.
The cops ineptitude handling the situation meant that we were trapped in my apartment for the entire day, and couldn't move out. Eventually they did get him, without killing him amazingly, but they had caused way more of a problem by just wanting an excuse to use their cool stuff.
Also a cop pointed his gun at me while we were having a conversation that was perfectly peaceful, I stepped out simply asking how long this was going to take, the cop aimed his gun at me before answering. Totally causal, I bet he didn't even notice. I sure as fuck did.