Winter Woman
Well-Known Member
This is how you conduct yourself when they are knocking on your door. If they ever knock on my door I hope I can be as confident and like I said, effective.
Totally with you on this one OT. The older I get, the less I trust the police. Don't want to go into why at this point, but I don't respect them now as I once did. I no longer believe they have the citizen's best interests at heart. If they ever did...As I've gotten older my respect for law enforcement has taken a nose dive.
Over the last several years my contact with the local law has all been negative and all of my run ins were while out doing my job......which is delivering newspapers in a rural area every day in the early morning hours . I drive the same car every day drive the exact same route every day. I have been pulled 15 times in the last 3 years been ticketed once and I believe that I got the ticket because I questioned what he was doing and why he was doing it and he gave me some lame ass excuse why he stopped me we exchanged words and I let the YOUNG ociffer know how displeased I was with what he was doing and he kept looking until he found a broken licence plate light and wrote me a ticket for that and that was 3 years ago this past December that one episode started my issues with the local boy's it has eased up quite a bit but they did make my life quite miserable for a while. I know now they know who I am and I'm sure that I've met all of those guys at least once .......and on a side note my car sports several pro weed bumper stickers which is why I think they initially pulled me the first time... Oh yeah the lame ass excuse he gave me was my car fit the description of a car involved in an earlier crime .
I FOUGHT The LAW and the LAW won... I guess the only good thing that has come out of this is I haven't been shot yet
that's awesome, but don't get too cocky... and yes, they are robots.In defense of what I said, I have had more encounters with the police than I can count. You know how many times I have ever been arrested? 0. It definitely isnt because there wasnt reason. I always have something on me. ALWAYS.
I dont get arrested because I know who I am dealing with and conduct myself accordingly. Police are people. If you piss them off, of course they will challenge you and give you more problems. They arent robots. They get pissed easily due to what they have to deal with all day. A lot of people get attitudes, argumentative, they lie, etc. Know who you are dealing with and what they are capable of. This applies to everyone, not just police.
Had he not had a camera, you can just imagine the possibilities. Just act respectful and CALMLY and you will have much better dealings with police, I assure you.
I disagree. That guy was polite, cooperative and knowledgable about his rights. He did cooperate. He told them what he saw, knew, and told the cops the man they were looking for was not in his house. They had NO right to threaten to drag him out of three. His own house. Typical intimidation tactics and assumption that citizens don't know their rights. Actually many don't.I like this, however, he should have been more cooperative. This is a reason why police are so suspectful of even the totally innocent. Dont act like you have something to hide if you dont. They are conducting a felony investigation. Dont just think about your dislike of the police, but also that there are victims. Im not saying let them in or anything, but he could have been a little more helpful and less defensive. If you act like you are hiding something, they will think you are hiding something
Yikes! working in Detroit is just as dangerous as being a cop LOL.I have to say that the police do a job I'd be too frightened to do. Stopping stranger for a traffic ticket, I'm sure can be quite scary. My husband and I worked downtown Detroit in our shop and everyday when I wasn't there I wondered if he was coming home and I'm sure it is the same way for spouses of police officers.
I am not condoning what they tried to do by intimidation. But I can understand that they may die on the job.
I do have to buy all new grow equipment though!
Also on that note. Every time I roll through bastrop I get pulled over. Last time he stops me, I roll down my window. He shoves his head in looking around smelling. I said can I help you find something officer or are we just going fishing today. He just takes his head out, looks at my inspection/registration stickers and says I'm good to go. Ugh I hate them.
Now when I ride dirty, I bring my dog. She's a doberman mix and is pretty vicious sounding. They always let me out thecar to talk to em
Exactly, I've done that as well.PS...never open your door...we can talk thru the window...done it a few times...