I think in general, cops have this sense of superiority. If you do anything other than treat them like they're a God, they'll make you pay for it. If they stop you and tell you, you were going 90 in a 40, you have to say 'yes sir' 'I'm sorry sir'. Disagree or question them and they have the power to get you for every little thing imaginable. Look at SmartDrug's story. Because he didn't suck up he ended up getting pulled out of his car and cuffed.

And why did those cops in the video need to ask the guy for id. Why did they need to know his name? So they could single him out at every opportunity possible?

When I was younger I used to absolutely hate cops. Now that I'm older I've kinda got over it, but this story brings back all of those old feelings.

Just imagine if that guy was a minority....hed be in jail right now on drug possession charges.

Quote from: pandy on March 20, 2006, 02:39:27 PM

Quote from: vtlion on March 20, 2006, 02:28:06 PM
IMO, he came off like a trouble-maker.

I didn't get that impression?  I thought they sent a rather good choice for the "complaint form" requester; he seemed small and unassuming, and I didn't really ever get the impression that HE was the one who was overbearing. It seemed that many of the cops were WAY too quick to get defensive, and what reason could any officer have to unhook his gun due to a rabid form seeker? 

I agree 100%, the guy requesting the form was exactly who people say that the police favor.  An educated looking (glasses, haircut, clothes) white male who also happens to be small and was not rude or obnoxious.  I don't want to think about the response that would have come across is that had been a cornrowed black male wearing FUBU, as Banner said, falsified charges.

Quote from: SmartDrug on March 21, 2006, 01:52:48 AM
I don't want to think about the response that would have come across is that had been a cornrowed black male wearing FUBU, as Banner said, falsified charges.

+1

And thank goodness for Urban Dictionary. I hadn't a clue what FUBU was! 

They're just like the cops in my old town...  Croooooooooked!

Oh well, they all got a slap on the wrist I'm sure.

here's PART 2

http://cbs4.com/video/?id=12960@wfor.dayport.com

So far allllmost all the cops I've come in contact with have been really professional and polite. Not the nicest people, but professional nontheless.

However, I have had one incident where a gun was pointed at me by an officer.
Me and two of my friends were going to a taco bell for lunch during high school. We're on a two lane road attempting to get over to the left lane to turn off into the TB parking lot. A green explorer is next to us, and when we speed up, they speed up, when we slow down, they slow down. Completely not letting us get over. So my friend guns it (we are driving a 89 oldsmobile 98 with a rather large v8) and quickly gets ahead of an in front of the explorer just in time to turn into the parking lot.

Turns out this was an undercover drug enforcement vehicle. So they come up behind us in the drive through, the one on the passenger side (my side) draws his gun, points it at me and screams "hands on the dash." The other one is the "good cop" and is really professional. The 'bad' one was constantly threatening my friend, saying he could take him to jail and have him locked up for 20 years blah blah blah. Evidentally they were tailing someone, and our move made them lose their tail. To which I say no, you're being stupid made you lose the tail. 


But whatever, hopefully that was the first and last time anything like that ever happens.

In general, I dislike cops. There are a few nice ones out there, however - those ones usually spend all their time doing D.A.R.E. programs at elementary schools, though. It just sucks that you have to be concerned about a cops mood and emotion because of how much that can affect the outcome of any interaction. It's like a judge that's in a good mood "I'll release some rapists today," or the judge in a bad mood "15 months for loitering, beotch."

The justice system leaves too much power to such easily corrupted hands. I was dating this one chick, and her parents were those types that hate any man who so much as looks at their daughter... Her parents were good friends with the county prosecutor (who was already known to be a douchebag)... Suffice to say, first shot at me he got in court over a stupid mishap, he really let me have it. 3 years probation and ridiculous fines for having brass knuckles in my car (I got them as a souvenier in Thailand - they were nifty and I had no idea they were illegal!). First freakin offense, too.

I got off probation early on good behavior, however. My probation officer was an alright guy.

normally i would chime in saying "this is not showing what happened before this incident" but watching this i can say nvm. there was no excuse for the behavior

When I was in high school, after every home football game a lot of people would go get pizza at round table pizza. I was standing outside with my friends and I was looking at this small 80's pickup pull in, and a cop was behind him, after he was about 30 feet into the parking lot, the cop put his lights on and pulled him over. The only thing I saw was he had a brake light out. Then after about 5 minutes, another cop pulls in drives around and parks next to the other cop. And then another cop arrives and they were just giving him a hard time for a tail brake out! How ridicules is that?!

And another one that really gets me. 2 of my friends have street legal racing harness' in their cars. They have both gotten pulled over for it one time. Went to the corthouse with the paper showing they are legal and that was the end of that. Then a week or 2 ago one of them got pulled over again, for having a racing harness. My friend got the paperwork out, and showed the cop the DOT approval on the harness. The cop didn't even read anything and just said "I"ll let you off on a warning this time". Warning?? For what??? Being street legal?

Quote from: porsche4786 on June 05, 2006, 05:55:38 PM
And another one that really gets me. 2 of my friends have street legal racing harness' in their cars.

Hope they have a bar with a pickup point at the right spot.  And what harness are they?  There are not many that are DOT legal, like 1 or 2.

Schroth 3 point DOT approved harness. They do not have roll bars, I know it's bad to have a racing harness and no roll bar, but it's still legal not to use one and schroth does not require you use one. One of them actually took his racing seat and harness out untill he does a track day. But he will probably just use his dads racecar.

That's why I keep a few of my lawyer's cards on me at all times, and if I go in there I'm wearing a wire.