RedWolf
Deity
The reason I hate police officers is because a large number of them are power hungry bullies. Most of them were probably bullies in school and just ended up growing up to be bullies with badges.
I never used to believe this. A friend once told me this and I disagreed. I clung desperately to the notion that the police are good honest people that I respect very much. However i no longer hold that belief.
We live in white picket fence suburbia. Mostly white middle class people. My brother's friend (about 20 years old) was pulled over by the police last night for absolutely no reason last night. He's a youg black man in a Mini-van. This cop had him get out of the van, patted him down and then searched the vehichle.. demanding to know where he got his stereo amplifier (after all he's a black kid he MUST have stolen it right). He wasthen told to "have a good night" and let go.
This kid is polite, well groomed and well dressed sort of the "preppy style" He doesn't wear gang colours or anything like that.. His family owns a restuarant and is fairly well off.
This isn't the first time this has happened. My brother and him were driving once. A cop pulled them over (again for no reason). Demanded to see BOTH of their ID's even though only one was driving. He then held them up for over a half hour as he ran their licenses through the computer system. When that was done they were told "just a routine check.. have a good night". I asked my brother "Why didn't you demand their badge numbers and file a complaint". he said "yeah right.. once you do that you get marked and THEN you're really screwed.. better to just put up with it".
White adults don't get treated this way so why can they do it to teenagers? These cops are hoping that just MAYBE they might get lucky and eventually they'll find some pot or maybe a stolen vehichle.
I have a friend that works in a pub. Due to the fact that he can't afford to own a vehichle he walks home after it closes at 2AM. Well for a while he was being stopped by the SAME two cops EVERY single night on the same stretch of road. Just hoping they'd find some drugs or maybe they could at least lay a "public intoxication" charge. They never did of course. Know what it took to make them lay off? His dad is friends with one of the higest ranking cops in the area. He actually ended up getting a personal apology from those two idiot cops.
Well when people are harassed by and fear their public servants there is something seriously wrong with our country. Our police cars say "to serve and protect" on the doors. Maybe they should say "To indimidate and harass".
It really doesn't surprise me that entire neighbourhoods of people (often minorities and other poor) fear and mistrust the police. The only surprise is that there aren't MORE riots.
I'm sure not all cops are bad.. however enough of them ARE that it taints the entire profession...
I never used to believe this. A friend once told me this and I disagreed. I clung desperately to the notion that the police are good honest people that I respect very much. However i no longer hold that belief.
We live in white picket fence suburbia. Mostly white middle class people. My brother's friend (about 20 years old) was pulled over by the police last night for absolutely no reason last night. He's a youg black man in a Mini-van. This cop had him get out of the van, patted him down and then searched the vehichle.. demanding to know where he got his stereo amplifier (after all he's a black kid he MUST have stolen it right). He wasthen told to "have a good night" and let go.
This kid is polite, well groomed and well dressed sort of the "preppy style" He doesn't wear gang colours or anything like that.. His family owns a restuarant and is fairly well off.
This isn't the first time this has happened. My brother and him were driving once. A cop pulled them over (again for no reason). Demanded to see BOTH of their ID's even though only one was driving. He then held them up for over a half hour as he ran their licenses through the computer system. When that was done they were told "just a routine check.. have a good night". I asked my brother "Why didn't you demand their badge numbers and file a complaint". he said "yeah right.. once you do that you get marked and THEN you're really screwed.. better to just put up with it".
White adults don't get treated this way so why can they do it to teenagers? These cops are hoping that just MAYBE they might get lucky and eventually they'll find some pot or maybe a stolen vehichle.
I have a friend that works in a pub. Due to the fact that he can't afford to own a vehichle he walks home after it closes at 2AM. Well for a while he was being stopped by the SAME two cops EVERY single night on the same stretch of road. Just hoping they'd find some drugs or maybe they could at least lay a "public intoxication" charge. They never did of course. Know what it took to make them lay off? His dad is friends with one of the higest ranking cops in the area. He actually ended up getting a personal apology from those two idiot cops.
Well when people are harassed by and fear their public servants there is something seriously wrong with our country. Our police cars say "to serve and protect" on the doors. Maybe they should say "To indimidate and harass".
It really doesn't surprise me that entire neighbourhoods of people (often minorities and other poor) fear and mistrust the police. The only surprise is that there aren't MORE riots.
I'm sure not all cops are bad.. however enough of them ARE that it taints the entire profession...
