just almost got arrested, you?

blackf00t

 ive had a pretty rough day.

so tonight i decided to take a walk, you know to clear my head and such.

and then there were lights.

and i def got picked up by the cops and questioned, go me

i apparently fit the description of a guy that stole a neighbor of mine's truck go figure

any thing like that happen to you guys/girls?

 

/discuss

 

Midnitte

Thats profiling!

Grats on not getting locked up :P

blackf00t

YAY for not getting locked up

thanx.

Dulain

So...

did you return your neighbor's truck?

Zorvan

Pfft, "almost got arrested". Let me know when you actually get your mattress pad and jumpsuit, and spend more than one day in a cellblock full of similarly pissed off individuals.

Noob.

wikie

so did you file a case against them? for almost areesting you? they should apologize to you

Praetoriani

Originally posted by wikie


so did you file a case against them? for almost areesting you? they should apologize to you

Are you serious? You want the police to apologise to every suspect and every near-suspect?

And even sue them?

Wow. That's ridiculous.

BaronJuJu

Originally posted by wikie


so did you file a case against them? for almost areesting you? they should apologize to you

LOL, apologize for what?

He matched the description of a car thief in the area and the police stopped him. Once they realized it wasn't who they were looking for and let him go. They were doing their job.

 

I sure hope that was sarcasm on your part.

olddaddy

This is kinda like almost getting pregnant.....

 

vickypollard

I tripped sumone up by mistaked, it was crowded and my foot got in the way. They claimed I tried to steal their purse and called the police and I got arrested for not saying sorry to her when they asked me. It's like I said sorry originally but when she acted like a dick about it then fuck her tbh....



Quite sad how the police work really, they could be out arresting real criminals and saving lives but instead wanna waste their time over nothing.

blackf00t

Originally posted by vickypollard


I tripped sumone up by mistaked, it was crowded and my foot got in the way. They claimed I tried to steal their purse and called the police and I got arrested for not saying sorry to her when they asked me. It's like I said sorry originally but when she acted like a dick about it then fuck her tbh....



Quite sad how the police work really, they could be out arresting real criminals and saving lives but instead wanna waste their time over nothing.

wow thats pretty nuts

 

edit: of course i returned the truck! jk

Blurr

Yeah the police were just doing their job. It's a hard job and sometimes things don't go as perfectly as we'd like them to, ideally.

It would be nice if they said sorry, and hopefully they did. Atleast you know that if you got your car stolen, they'd be out rousting people that might've done it, and that's something.

Praetoriani

 

Originally posted by vickypollard
Quite sad how the police work really, they could be out arresting real criminals and saving lives but instead wanna waste their time over nothing.

 

Your reasoning is, to put it mildly, silly. The police get called that 'someone tried to steal a purse'. You expect them to know over the phone that that was not your intention at all? Someone who steals a purse is a 'real criminal' as you put it. So it only makes sense that they investigate it. The reason you feel the police works that way, is because in that instance they did not work in your favour. You feel you were punished and misunderstood, and therefore you resent their entire system.

 

I could make a really long diatribe about this from a social psychologist's and ex-cop's point of view, but it'd just tire me out. In the end I know it will be like talking to a mute brick wall. The joys of selective attention.

Vampir

ya i fit the description of a guy who robbed a bank once, mind you it was a very vague description white guy short brown hair, about 5'11 to 6'2 wearing all black, which happens to be most my warddrobe(not for any particular style reason its just easiar to maintain from a laundry standpoint)

I got pulled over for meeting that description but the cop lived in the same neighborhood and recognized i was his neighbor, and decided to get more proof before interrogating or arresting his neighbor.

vickypollard

Originally posted by Praetoriani


 
Originally posted by vickypollard
Quite sad how the police work really, they could be out arresting real criminals and saving lives but instead wanna waste their time over nothing.

 

Your reasoning is, to put it mildly, silly. The police get called that 'someone tried to steal a purse'. You expect them to know over the phone that that was not your intention at all? Someone who steals a purse is a 'real criminal' as you put it. So it only makes sense that they investigate it. The reason you feel the police works that way, is because in that instance they did not work in your favour. You feel you were punished and misunderstood, and therefore you resent their entire system.

 

I could make a really long diatribe about this from a social psychologist's and ex-cop's point of view, but it'd just tire me out. In the end I know it will be like talking to a mute brick wall. The joys of selective attention.

So they had to arrest me when they could clearly see it was a crazy woman who was probably on her period?

Sithos

They don't arrest someone for "not" saying sorry. There's a big difference between being arrested and being questioned. You also refused a reasonable request by the police when they asked you to repeat your apology. Being stubborn and bullheaded will get you nowhere with the police.

Enigma

Originally posted by wikie


so did you file a case against them? for almost areesting you? they should apologize to you

you dont file a case against the police for pursuing someone who may be a suspect in grand theft auto, lol. Police asks you questions, you answer them.

If your answers doesnt fit the suspect and the timeline you're free to leave. If your answers fit the crime exactly, hire an attorney

DailyBuzz

Originally posted by Midnitte


Thats profiling!
Grats on not getting locked up :P

Profiling is being pulled over, questioned, and searched just because you are driving a VW Thing, hand-painted Krylon orange, covered in hippie stickers.

Fitting a stereotype does not grant probable cause. Of course, police officers can question you on a number of grounds that would pass as probable cause, no matter what the situation is. Fitting the description of a suspect, in the area the crime was committed, seems like a plausible reason to me. I don't think they were just hassling you. In fact, if I were you, I'd be glad to live in an area where the law enforcement is diligent about solving crime.

Anofalye

I wear gloves when I go out.  I understand that in summer, when you are dressed summer-wise, with a t-shirt, short/pants...and gloves + hat; it does look suspicious.  Talk like 30 seconds to 2 minutes with the cops, the hat they could understand naturally, somehow they didn't understand the gloves when I say it was to protect myself from sunburns.  Ungloves 1 hand and they understood after a closer inspection on my fingernails. :P

 

Cops jobs is 90% show off presence/talking with the peoples and 10% actually working.  They couldn't know I am neither suspicious, dangerous or whatever, it isn't written in my face I am a nice guy with all my curriculum, so they display their presence in case I could have been some dangerous maniac.

unconformed

I was friends with some drug dealers during my adolescence and early adulthood-  4 of us in  a car and we were going to make a deleivery to tom dooney, he bought 5 at a time, nice sale. it was cold, winter time. he came to the car and the exchange happened. whoop whoop. shit. deeks, detectives. all of us out of the car, the 'stuff ' is very nicely secured behind the ac panel but tom had his 5 pieces. searched were we, and intimidated. tom was being suspiciously distractive with a hand or something, finding it hard to remember but, it was as if he was subverting attention. we all thought he had them where the cop was wanting to look but as he opened his hand or pulled it, it was empty. he smartly somehow had them in his glove we learned. my gawd, how stupid was I? youthful rediculousness.

unconformed

i also must add, i never got caught. i usually wasnt searched in my car due to the curtesy badge i had. my brother in law, who my sister married, was a cop in the very precint i lived and played in. when it came time to pull my license, the badge was pinned to my wallet. which started the conversation of who do you know...?

im a lucky mofo

Bigdavo

Originally posted by Praetoriani


  
Your reasoning is, to put it mildly, silly. The police get called that 'someone tried to steal a purse'. You expect them to know over the phone that that was not your intention at all? Someone who steals a purse is a 'real criminal' as you put it. So it only makes sense that they investigate it. The reason you feel the police works that way, is because in that instance they did not work in your favour. You feel you were punished and misunderstood, and therefore you resent their entire system.
 
I could make a really long diatribe about this from a social psychologist's and ex-cop's point of view, but it'd just tire me out. In the end I know it will be like talking to a mute brick wall. The joys of selective attention.

You're 19, a social psychologist and an ex-cop... LOL. Whatever mate hehe.

Praetoriani

 

Originally posted by Bigdavo

Originally posted by Praetoriani


  
Your reasoning is, to put it mildly, silly. The police get called that 'someone tried to steal a purse'. You expect them to know over the phone that that was not your intention at all? Someone who steals a purse is a 'real criminal' as you put it. So it only makes sense that they investigate it. The reason you feel the police works that way, is because in that instance they did not work in your favour. You feel you were punished and misunderstood, and therefore you resent their entire system.
 
I could make a really long diatribe about this from a social psychologist's and ex-cop's point of view, but it'd just tire me out. In the end I know it will be like talking to a mute brick wall. The joys of selective attention.

You're 19, a social psychologist and an ex-cop... LOL. Whatever mate hehe.

 

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/MortalMichael/DeFotoKruidvat2.jpg

Taken on the day of my attestation.

And I had been studying applied psychology since I was 17 through the Open University, even whilst I was working as a police officer. I recently quit the police, and started studying psychology full time, specializing in social psychology. It's fine if you don't believe me (I guess in a way, I could take that as a compliment), but even without my background my argument would be valid all the same.

Zorvan

Originally posted by unconformed


i also must add, i never got caught. i usually wasnt searched in my car due to the curtesy badge i had. my brother in law, who my sister married, was a cop in the very precint i lived and played in. when it came time to pull my license, the badge was pinned to my wallet. which started the conversation of who do you know...?
im a lucky mofo

Try that in California, and you go to jail for attempting to influence an officer. "Courtesy" badges or anything else presented to gain favor are a big no-no here. Even retired officers can be charged for displaying their badges when pulled over ( it's happened to quite a few who thought they could influence the rookies out of giving tickets and such ).

Bigdavo

I wish I had a courtesy badge, I'd probably still have my license.

Motorhead

Originally posted by Zorvan


Pfft, "almost got arrested". Let me know when you actually get your mattress pad and jumpsuit, and spend more than one day in a cellblock full of similarly pissed off individuals.
Noob.

Aye.   7 days here.

Man, that sucked.     Bastards told me I could bring my own underwear, didn't tell me they all needed to be white....  They didn't appreciate my red skivies one little bit....