I wanted to add something to the racist thread within a thread. In some parts of the country, young white males are targeted as potential suspects just as much as minorities are in the larger urban areas. I have been pulled over more than once for “being out too late”. Really, I haven’t had a curfew since the early 90’s. I don’t have to have a reason to be out driving my car at 4 in the morning. Other than, “I just felt like driving. Now give me my god damned license back.”
For details of the police response to the protests in Quebec City, please see my MPSIMS thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=68134 .
I am NOT pleased.
I totally agree with msc75 with what he said about serve and protecting me. I live in pretty small town…about 21,000 population wise. I think some cops are complete assholes. I have my reasons too. Im 21 years old, white male, never done anything wrong, and I have owned 2 customized cars…(lowered, paint jobs, rims, the whole nine yards) Here is my first reason…Im driving down the road, and I have some negative offset chrome wire rims, so they stick out the sides about 2 or 3 inches, so yes it does shoot rocks out behind me. Right beside me is a jacked-up, rusted out, mud flinging, piece of shit truck with some super swamper tires on it with no mud flaps who’s driver is atleast 50 years old with no teeth in his mouth. Well, I do have mud flaps on my car to prevent the rocks from flying…so what does the mother fucking cop do?? He pulls me over, and starts asking me every fucking question he can think of. Where am i going? What am i doing? I do not do drugs, but do smoke cigarettes and i do in my car too. So he has the fucking nerve to ask me if I have been smoking weed because he said he smelt weed…obviously he either doesnt know what weed smells like, or he’s (as the topic of this is) being an asshole. He said he pulled me over for my tires sticking out. WHAT THE FUCK??? Was he too fucking blind to see the FUCKING MONSTER TRUCK right beside me tearing the fucking pavement up? No, he wasnt too blind, he just wanted to fuck with me, because im young, and have a nice ride, which i paid for everything the legal way, by having a good paying job.
Next example of cops being assholes…Im going to the mall with a friend of mine. We’re driving along, and my friend notices a car next to us at a stop light, who’s tags were expired from about 7 months ago. Well, as we’re sitting at the light, here comes Mr. Asshole himself…same FUCKING cop. The cop is sitting in the next lane over, right behind the car with expired tags…so if he was doing his job he would have noticed this…did he???..FUCK no…he was too busy waiting for the light to turn green to pull me over again…only 3 days since he pulled me over the first time. So I get all my shit (license, registration, insurance) ready since i happen to have it handy, because getting pulled over is becoming a every day thing all of a sudden. I asked him what the problem was, and his reply to me was…“You looked like you were trying to hide something from me.” So I nicely explained to him that I didnt do drugs, and that no I havent been smoking weed, because i dont. He started getting an attitude saying to me that Im the one with the attitude. Well, if the roles were reversed, he would have a fucking attitude too. After about 10 minutes of playing 20 questions again, I finally asked him if he had a problem with me. He said no. I snapped back at him, and said “do you want to search my fucking car, because im sick of this shit. I feel that you are harassing me for no fucking reason other than im young and drive a nice car.” Again he said no. So i asked for his badge number and reported his behavior to his captain. Well, needless to say, that fucking dick headed pig, has never fucked with me again.
I am not saying all cops were born assholes, but I am saying some assholes were born to where a badge on there chest, just for the simple pleasure they get for fucking around with someone, when they havent’ done anything wrong in the first place.
Oh, sorry for all the cursing, but damn…that shit just pisses me off.