O.k. to reiterate -
The first day she called the police on me, the police officer was hostile and did not believe my side of the story. My neighbor actually called saying my dogs were crapping in the yard across the parkway, and I was not cleaning it up. She said she called Animal Control on me, and now I was retaliating by threatening her with bodily harm.
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I know nothing whatsoever about “animal control” being called, so why in the hell would I retaliate, for something I knew nothing about ?
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I invited the officer into my home, and explained I do clean up after my dogs. She did not believe me, saying, and I quote “Your dogs never shit in the street and you did not clean it up?” I told her never. She said she did not believe me. I told her to check the yard, there is no dog feces in the yard, because I clean it every morning before work, picking up all the other dogs messes too. I also told her she could check my outside bin where I keep the bags of poop. She still said she did not believe me. I raised my voice asking her how could she not, when the evidence is right there? She said I was being belligerent, and not to raise my voice at her, and that someone was going to be arrested that day.
a. Police should not cuss, and/or tell you if they believe your side of the story or not, they are there to take a report that is all.
b. Not cleaning up after your dog is a city ordinance, not a crime, and you cannot be arrested for that.
c. what you can be arrested for is disorderly conduct. Belligerent is a Police Officers go to word, before they call you disorderly, THEN they can arrest you.
3. Second time she called police:
My daughter had the pictures on her cell phone, she took to school with her. So I did not physically have the pictures on me when the police arrived.
The 2 officers that arrived were idiots, also misinterpreting the dog leash law. They cannot arrest you unless they saw you, or have probable cause, which they did not. They file a report and leave it up to the DA to file any charges.
Last, but not least, I can tell you many, many, many, stories about dirty cops. If you have not heard, Boston is not the best place to trust law enforcement, especially the parts I have lived in.
I studied law for a year, hoping to get a degree in criminal justice, and then perhaps get into law school. Unfortunately, that did not work out for me. While I was taking classes, a lot of the teachers were DA’s and lawyers, and they taught me what I already knew, never trust police.
You can believe me or not. I can give you a whole list of police misconduct I have witnessed over my lifetime.
Believe me, I really wish I could trust the Police. It is sad that I cannot.