The number of times in the 70's when a cop dumps a bag of pot out and says go on home now is much higher than today. anecdotal obviously and not measured but I don't buy tied hands for a reason to fuck with a guy over that shit. Hands are tied is a universal excuse used by authority to be dicks and take no responsibility for their actions. mandatory suspension for a weapon at school and they "can't do anything" about a kindergartner taking a plastic knife to school for lunch to cut a samich? bullshit, you don't want to make a judgement call, even though that is the job of the authority in power. its a universal problem and I don't accept the excuse. good guys to put on the uniform, I will admit this much.
I get it really, these reasons are among those which made me decide not to become a cop. I can't, and won't take an oath, and then break it, and I've never met a cop that took their oath seriously. I think people should be held to their oaths under penalty of death.
I have been politically active and in close contact with the police for years. What I have learned, is that cops are cops. They have their own society like a parallel universe to ours. Some are worthy of medals on their chests, some are worthy of metals in their chests. They are human beings, and if they fail, it's with the same human frailties that make us all fail. Likewise when they succeed.
Once upon a time, I got raided, and this cop was going to take my bowl. THis wasnt an ordinary bowl. Me and my X g/f wanted a real bowl that we made, not some store bought thing. We cut down a tree, an oak, we dried the branches and selected one to make into a pipe. In the months and months it took to cure the branch, (to keep it from cracking), life happened, and we wound up living in a car in S. Carolina at a boat launch. With nothing but time on our hands, we started carving this bowl. We got a place in W. Virginia where the only heat was from a wood stove. We took a coat hangar and a hot iron from the wood stove, and burned the bowl part out, and then burned all the way through the core from the mouthpiece to the bottom of the bowl. During this time, the people we were living with got to sniffing pills, grabbed a 12 gauge, and decided they wanted to rape my g/f. Long story short, they failed at the rape, I took several beatings, and escaped through answer to prayer. We had to run in the middle of the night, crossed a river, and banged on someones door to get to a phone. All we had was the clothes on our back, which were now soaked, and 2 bowls. Woody, which wasnt finished yet, and Oceans, a pretty little glass piece. The cops came, and wouldnt do anything about these people (they were the local dealers and
everyone was in on it. They cant bust the dealers, it would wreck the economy. They feed the courts one once in a while to keep things legit. Anyways, at 4:20am we are in a cop car with these bowls in our pockets, and they took us to a hotel that the Salvation Army paid for the night. That was it. I called my dad, explained it to him, and he reluctantly agreed to come and get us, but had to wait a week in the hotel. He set us a grand, we paid the motel got food, clothes, and I bought some sandpaper and stain. Needed something to do anyways. We sanded and stained this bowl, no power tools were ever used on this piece, even the tree was taken with a bow saw. This bowl, needless to say, is priceless to me. One thing is certain, I will never again be without a handgun, even at home . Anyone who doesn't simply doesnt have a hold on what can happen to you even at home. Thats where we were.
During this raid, we told the police this true story about Woody. He put it in the kitchen drawer, closed it, and continued writing the ticket, and bagging up all of our other paraphernalia and a small bag.
That cop deserves more than I could ever repay. I still get a little misty eyed.
I have known several cops that were like this guy. I also have 2 cases on my record for assault and resisting a police officer. I guess thats because I take people as individuals.
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