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[–] Gerplunckamo 0 points 19 points (+19|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I've posted it before, but Ill post it again.

I got a 1 year sentence for .25 grams of weed crumbs that had been sitting in the floorboard of my car for 3+ years.

For frame of reference: I live in a state that probably still uses Reefer Madness as a legitimate source on the effects of weed.

As for all the other wonderful times, here's a quote from one of my previous replies

Every time I'm pulled over, my car is searched.
Every time I'm at a checkpoint, my car is searched.
If I ask questions, I'm threatened with physical harm.
If I'm too slow to comply, I'm threatened with physical harm.
I've been physically beaten by cops for a quarter gram of 3+ year old weed in the backseat
floorboard of my car.
I've had firearms pulled on me, more than once, because they were "protecting themselves".
About a dozen cops from my hometown got busted by the feds for extortion and trafficking hard drugs.
Checkpoints in my state are literally designed to rob people, and the first question they 
ask is "Are you carrying any cash on you?". 
I've witnessed firsthand a grown ass cop screaming at the top of his lungs in the face of 
a scared ten year old little girl, because she was too choked up to answer his question the first time. 

And as I mentioned in the previous post, I'm white. If there's a white person treatment when it comes to cops, I've yet to experience it.

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[–] 1372261? ago  (edited ago)

implying the courts will give a shit

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[–] Orthum ago 

Where do you live? Also Not state, I am wondering what fucking police act like that.
I just don't even know what to say about that shit. Its texas I bet. Fuck texas.

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

I currently in a small town in the south, outside of Texas.

One of the benefits of Texas is that they don't have Dui, or any other kind of checkpoints at all, as they're against the state constitution.

And you can thank your lucky stars you don't live in the South. Dirty cops get so much worse outside of major cities down here.

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[–] Pawn ago 

sounds like someone needs to wear a wire and a body cam

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[–] Gerplunckamo 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

And give them another reason to make my life hell? Brilliant.

Even if I did take this shit to court, it wouldn't matter, because the judges down here are part of the problem too. That drug charge was my first offense, and instead of getting the usual probation/suspended license, the Judge (who was at least infinity years old and had a spot-on foghorn leghorn voice) decided to make an example of me and give me a 1 year sentence. For a quarter gram of weed.

If I were somehow able to overcome that, I'd still have to deal with public opinion. Unfortunately, I'm white, so the civil rights and anti police brutality folks could care less what happens to me.

These folks seem to think that all whites are buddy-buddy with law enforcement, when in reality its only whites that have money or influence. In the south, poor white people have about as much social standing as poor black people when it comes to cops.