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Originally Posted by kane
It's interesting how things are different from cop to cop. If you watch a show like Live PD you will see some cops clearly have a race bias, others a gender bias and others will work hard to find any reason they can to search the car or arrest the person while still others will shake down everyone in the car. The ones that really bother me are the ones where they stop someone for something simple, get them out of the car then ask if they can search the car. If the person says no, the cop will then go into a mode where they basically manufacture a reason to search the car. If they are going to do whatever they want anyway, why even bother asking?
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I actually hate those shows for that very reason. I realize it isn't a easy job being a cop, but many of them really earn the rep of public hatred.
When I was about 25 I was pulled over while on the way to a job. All my equipment was in the back if my truck and it was obvious I was working.
I was on the verge of being late to an appointment and the cop insisted on searching my truck, so to speed shit along I let him..
He found nothing because I had nothing to hide. The kicker was I didn't get a ticket or warning for anything. I wasn't speeding nor did I violate any traffic laws.
The short was the cop claimed I looked suspicious and he just pulled me over.. I was like WTF, gives you the right to look at someone who hasn't broken a law and harass them..
That one moment changed my perspective on cops by a landslide and those cop shows on TV back up the fact that the bulk of these guys are power raging assholes who violate peoples rights as a daily routine..
Now just think of if you lived in a poor area and had cops doing this around you daily. They make criminals out of people by fucking with them over little shit, over and over..
I'm a firm believer in the idea, that more cops equals higher crime rates in a area because they have to bottom troll looking for busts to make themselves valuable..