Anguille
Bane of the Urbane
- Mar 8, 2008
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It's nice to agree with you for a change.
If Gates had done anything wrong to begin with or if he acted this way for a traffic stop then the cops would have been justified for arresting him for disorderly conduct. Basically we have a crank that became emotional and dissed the cops while he was in his own home and on his front porch.
Reminds me of the time the cops pulled me over for shooting a bird at them, which I didn't...and it wouldn't have been an offense if I had. Cops that can't handle cranky people should think about a career change.
We once got pulled over by a cop because my boyfriend did indeed shoot the bird at a cop. He had cut us off in traffic and nearly caused a collision. He was not on a police chase, he was just plain speeding. I can't remember if we knew he was a cop when when he cut us off because although he was in uniform he was in what looked like to be his own car. He pulled aside of us an told us to pull over. We did and he demanded driver's liscense and registration. He also started ranting about how you can't give a cop the finger. My bf remained calm and said. "Surely officer, you must agree that you were driving recklessly?" He then asked to see ID because the cop had no badge or name tag. The cop then got control of himself, showed us his badge, mumbled something about being careful in traffic and beat the hell out of there. I think he may have been high or drunk or something. Or maybe just really stressed out. And I suspect he was off duty. We never reported it because he did back down in the end. But I have always felt a bit guilty that we didn't. Anyone who thinks cops don't lose it sometimes is naive.