Monday, November 2, 2009

Without a gun and a badge, what do you got?

So, I’ve had a lot of trouble with the police growing up. Not that I caused problems… Well, not that they knew about, but I was young and appeared to be an easy target to harass or fill that “quota” that they swear they don’t have, or something like that. Unfortunately for them at that time my employer, and more importantly friend, was a very important figure in the community that not only the cops but also even judges and DA’s wouldn’t cross. If that wasn’t enough, I had an extensive knowledge in law as well as a family member as the police chief, who was some of their bosses. Needless to say, half of the department that I humiliated in court after I got a ticket for basically running a green light lost their jobs about a year later for something “completely unrelated.” Then about a year later two cops who had been harassing me and trying to pin robbery and possession of illegal firearms on me in previous years lost their jobs quite abruptly. Riley faced a similar problem in the episode “Thank You For Not Snitching.” Can you snitch on the police to the police? & no, I'm saying that all cops are bad, I know of quite a few good ones, but there are corrupt ones too.

2 comments:

  1. I know what you mean. I once had a cop follow me from the Salem High School all the way to where the interstate crosses with Route 66 and I didn't even do anything wrong! He probably did it because I looked young and was waiting for me to do something so he could give me a ticket.

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  2. That happened to me as well, only it wasn't their jurisdiction and I got another cop to bust em for it. I personally consider that entrapment, but I guess I'll have to wait a few years until that opinion can really put them on edge. Until then, we all have the option of ripping up the emergency brake on them and making them hit me while tailgating in a different departments jurisdiction. That is as long as your closer to the law enforcement in that area than they are.

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