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Originally posted by James
HotDamn, I think what people are saying is that police are not supposed to generalize people by following stereotypes
Of course many of them do. And a lot of them believe that is being proactive in their jobs. For example, they pull you over after 10 PM at night and say you were swerving so they can see whether you are drunk. They shouldn't do that but they do.
Or they pull you over on a pretext to see whether you might be carrying drugs in the car.
Also, I don't think hotdamn was being intentionally misleading by saying she works in law enforcement. Its unfair to imply she is lying or something in an effort to make her arguments seem less valid.
I would feel harrassed also if I were in budha ma ma's position.
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James--
Haven't heard from you in awhile!!! Where have you been... Yeah, it's been pretty looney around here, but some of us old GC-ers are still hanging out...
Anyhoo,
I think what gets many folks feathers ruffled up about cops when they get pulled over and a "perceived" harassment, is that either way we push it, officers ARE a representation of the LAWS that binds us--making them "GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS". Some of us folks have issues with the government overall and rebel against this large bureaucracy. Some of us can manuever through the system relatively unscathed...
My old assed parent's feathers were ruffled by a lady cop that acted like a biatch. She cursed my father out like he was some stoopid "boy" mentality, saying he was driving without his lights on, when he apparently was. Then my mother started to say something... Now, if you know anything about my mom, she's is absolutely CLUELESS as to how to deal with the police officers... She tries to "reason" with them by arguing "legitimately" with them--think little ole grandma speakin' to a late 20-something cop that obviously made a mistake in identity... No mom, just don't say chit...
As for me, I've been pulled over legitimately and received a ticket fairly for speeding... And I paid for it...
But, if I were haranguage by a cop, I'd be implementing the "driving while black" protocols no matter how asinine I think the cop is towards me...
Besides, you could always be like my crazy uncle that kept taking tax money from the government when he knew it wasn't his...
He said, "The government is NEVER wrong... Now, if you want to send me to jail and pay for my chemotherapy for my lungs because you kept sending me checks and I kept cashing them, then hey... But the governemtn is NEVER wrong..."
Those folks stopped sending him the checks...
