# Don't know how to feel about this cop's question... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 30, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-know-how-to-feel-about-this-cops-question/601263 "2011-10-30T06:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 373
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-know-how-to-feel-about-this-cops-question/601263/373 "2011-11-09T03:12:10Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What I _was_ saying, was that IF the cop was lying about why he lit me up (which he can do, but he still should have a valid reason for doing it, even if he isn’t honest with me when I ask him) then his true motivation for lighting me up was wrong. That motivation being simply his notion that I didn’t fit his conception of what disabled people look like. That doesn’t seem like a valid reason. > [@Nonsensical parking lot experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsensical-parking-lot-experience/593122/200): > > Another thing I want to mention is, over the years I have asked many, many people parking in handicapped-accessible parking if they did in fact have a permit to park there. On a few occassions I have been shown a valid placard, which was poorly displayed or not yet put up (or just put away) by the driver. When this happens, I always am very apologetic and explain why I asked them about their permit in the first place (the glut of abuse, the need that those who truly are disabled have for those spaces, etc). > > What I have come to notice, by and large, is that those who are legitimately parked in the handicapped spots are very understanding and empathetic to my questioning about their lack of a visible permit. They understand because they often deal with the same hardships that I (and other handicapped individuals) must endure associated with people abusing those spots. :dubious: --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-know-how-to-feel-about-this-cops-question/601263)._