re: It's getting tough to defend police. Threatning to take kid at traffic stop

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TeddyPadillac



Apparently you've never been profiled by a policeman. Congrats! I used to close late nights at Canes, and would be driving home around 2-4 AM. I would CONSTANTLY be pulled over and have to undergo drinking tests. They would never tell me why I was being pulled over, and I never got a ticket. I also was asked once if they could search my car, to which I replied no, and the idiot cop actually tried to argue that disagreeing to a search is probable cause TO search.

Police are not your friends.

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I've been pulled over more times than you have.
I've been profiled before and treated with disrespect by officers.
These are 3 things i heard from cops when i decided to stop arguing and just shut up and get it over with.
"You were trying to evade me" b/c i got off on an exit and pulled over immediately, followed by, "quit driving with your radio so loud". my radio didnt' work. I was in a car owned by my cousin who was overseas with bama plates. He assumed i was a drug smuggler. I understand his suspicions and provided the info necessary for him to leave me alone. He pulled me over for a bull shite reason and gave me bull shite questions. I do realize that profiling cars with single occupants like i was, can lead to drug busts. I'd rather that then them not pulling over anyone.

"you were speeding" i said i saw it went from 55 to 45 and i slowed down accordingly, and he said the classic "it's a school zone". It was sunday He later asked to search my car (car was full of shite b/c i was coming back from Grand Isle) and questioned me about a pocket knife like an idiot. I knew what he was trying to do and i just sat there and ignored his baits.

And i got asked to have my car searched at 2AM dressed like payne stewart, explaining to him i was dressed that way b/c i wanted to look like an idiot for the putt putt golf date i had that night. I asked why i needed to get my car searched, he gave some stupid excuse, that i'm sure was illegal of him to do, i said whatever b/c i didn't want to be late getting home and deal with my dad and knew there was nothign in my car. Wasn't doing anything wrong that night and didn't get a ticket.

All incidents i got pulled over b/c i was driving a suspicious looking car and being young. I reported all 3 incidents to the proper police station after they happened. I wasn't issued a ticket for any of those 3.

all of those incidents could have escalated if i had acted like the person in the video, and like many of you. I was 22, 20 and 18 respectively in those incidents. Just recently got a speeding ticket and it was the first time i had been pulled over in 8 years. I look like a normal adult driving a normal car now.