Why are some cops complete a-holes?

[ghostykins]

always know your rights

[DDRBaller123]

Originally Posted by m0de

as he is patting me down, he like uppercutted my balls trying to see if i had stashed anything down my pants. i like winced over in pain cause im a guy and that shit hurt. as i did that he yells "if you tense up one more time im taking you to the fucking ground".

QFT

[m0de]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

They're like the IRL version of internet trolls who like to play things close to the line and fall back on plausible deniability later if the shit hits the fan.

could not have said it any better.

[Reincarnate]

Originally Posted by ghostykins

always know your rights

Some useful quotes to remember:

"I don't consent to this search."
"I'm going to remain silent."
"Am I free to go?"

Also: Silence is not an admission of guilt and cannot be used against you in court.

Say as little as possible, but be polite and cooperative.

[DarknessXoXLight]

Dude, something is off with the cops lately, I swear, it's not just you. When I left work today, it wasn't me who got pulled over but my co-worker. We both literally JUST turned out of the parking lot and the cop was on her within like a few seconds. What could she have possibly done? I texted her when I got home and she said she got a ticket for speeding. There was no way in hell either of us even had the time to get past 30. Mokena cops are ridiculous.

Was this a Joliet cop? Do you know his name? I know a few cops from back when I worked for Trace, I'll see if I know anything that could get him in trouble. (rofl)

[m0de]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

Some useful quotes to remember:

"I don't consent to this search."
"I'm going to remain silent."
"Am I free to go?"

Also: Silence is not an admission of guilt and cannot be used against you in court.

some things to go by:

yes i did give consent to search my vehicle. including my broken glove box.

i indeed told the officer that pulled me over that my registration was infact in the glove box that i myself could not open at the time. during the search of my car, as stated, they did attempt to open it, and was unsuccessful. upon opening it

[Ohaider]

like professors
spend so much time having people suck up to them
stick their head in their ass

[Lambdadelta]

Good read m0de. Wow cops are dicks...

A cop broke my wrist once when I was 13 because he though I was resisting.

[SKG_Scintill]

nope, you deserved it
you're obviously on drugs

[Vanilla Mnm]

I've never met real nice/understanding cops until the other day. My girlfriend cut off a sheriff cause she's so impulsive and can't wait like 2 seconds to switch lanes, but the cop pulled us over. we had weed on us and he could smell it, he asked us who had it so i told him it was mine because i didn't want my girlfriend getting in trouble. he took me out of the car and searched me and found a boxcutter (i work in a deli) and was telling me how i could get terrorism charges cause that's what they used to hijack the planes. and then he started laughing at me because i looked concerned about that, because he was obviously joking. he then put me in the back of his car because he had to search the rest of the car, and then another cop came in the car and was doing a bunch of paperwork/on his computer thing. and then 3 other sheriffs pulled up, 1 with a k9 unit and it all turned into a huge scene, my girlfriend was taken out and searched and put in the back of a cop car and so was my friend. and then i saw my girlfriend & friend walk back to her car, and one of the cops got back in the car i was in & the two cops were debating arresting me for like 5 minutes. and then he was like 'since you've been good with me, just throw away the weed when you get home cause i've got no use for it.' and then the other cop was like 'good decision because my balls were freezing out there.' (i live in upstate ny). and he gave me back my stuff and told me if i wanted to smoke find a spot where they can't find me, like in the woods. and then we left after that 30 minute ordeal, with not even a small traffic ticket and nothing confiscated.

i came to realize, if we hadn't had the weed on us, we probably would have gotten a ticket for cutting off the cop, but since we had it, the whole situation was focused on that.

[justaguy]

Originally Posted by Vanilla Mnm

I've never met real nice/understanding cops until the other day. My girlfriend cut off a sheriff cause she's so impulsive and can't wait like 2 seconds to switch lanes, but the cop pulled us over. we had weed on us and he could smell it, he asked us who had it so i told him it was mine because i didn't want my girlfriend getting in trouble. he took me out of the car and searched me and found a boxcutter (i work in a deli) and was telling me how i could get terrorism charges cause that's what they used to hijack the planes. and then he started laughing at me because i looked concerned about that, because he was obviously joking. he then put me in the back of his car because he had to search the rest of the car, and then another cop came in the car and was doing a bunch of paperwork/on his computer thing. and then 3 other sheriffs pulled up, 1 with a k9 unit and it all turned into a huge scene, my girlfriend was taken out and searched and put in the back of a cop car and so was my friend. and then i saw my girlfriend & friend walk back to her car, and one of the cops got back in the car i was in & the two cops were debating arresting me for like 5 minutes. and then he was like 'since you've been good with me, just throw away the weed when you get home cause i've got no use for it.' and then the other cop was like 'good decision because my balls were freezing out there.' (i live in upstate ny). and he gave me back my stuff and told me if i wanted to smoke find a spot where they can't find me, like in the woods. and then we left after that 30 minute ordeal, with not even a small traffic ticket and nothing confiscated.

i came to realize, if we hadn't had the weed on us, we probably would have gotten a ticket for cutting off the cop, but since we had it, the whole situation was focused on that.

that's that shit

[reptile3141]

Oh wow, man. That sucks so hard. :/ Glad that other cop you know was able to help you out.

[Reach]

At some point, cops have to gain a certain sense of aggression if they're going to handle such things on a regular basis. Sadly, that baggage can bleed over and affect the average Joe.

This is a pretty important point. My uncle is a cop and generally a pretty relaxed and nice guy in person but I've seen some of the shit he has to deal with on the job and it can be pretty extreme and it changes your attitude towards people in general when on the job.

That and when you're in serious trouble, cops are your best friend. I have been in a situation where I seriously felt like my life was in danger and I've never been more relieved in my life seeing the cops show up quickly.

So I can't really hate on cops. Of course some of them are d-bags, but there are d-bags in every field. Some fields just mask d-bagginess better than being a cop does.

[Sweet_Feet]

[SKG_Scintill]

That weed story isn't an understanding cop at all... that's just not obeying the law as a law enforcer. It's even worse than the OP-story...

[~Zeta~]

Damn, I remember IL cops being pricks and such (not all of them) but not that bad lol. Nice turnout, though.

[DragonIIDX]

Glad it worked out for you in the end

[igotrhythm]

Originally Posted by SKG_Scintill

That weed story isn't an understanding cop at all... that's just not obeying the law as a law enforcer. It's even worse than the OP-story...

It's a victimless crime, man! D:

Plus if it wasn't for the weed, they probably would have been ticketed for the cut-off.

[darklordsarumon9]

It's like that all over.
I had a buddy of mine be pulled over a few blocks from his house.
Cops asked him to open a locked box in his car, to which they need a warrant to open anything locked. Of course they can haul your vehicle away and hold it til you do open it but it's your right and choice to open it or not.
My buddy didn't want to open the box and for good reason (go ahead and guess what was inside), so the cops proceeded to slam his face into the side of the car and just rough him up. Eventually he said go ahead and take my car. He went home, called a lawyer and was ready to file a suit.

Now it's not like they just pushed him around or anything no, his whole face was swollen, bruised and beaten. I couldn't believe it. The police in my town did this? The people that I had met when my mom worked at the fire station (the police and fire station were in the same building) were capable of such lawlessness and disregard for safety that they would just beat up a 19 year old male?

I never did hear what happened in the suit, but I know the cops said that the video from the dashcam was "destroyed" or otherwise unrepresentable.

I do know that the cops were disciplined in some way but it still blows my mind to think about this.

Illinois cops are dicks.

[UserNameGoesHere]

Short answer? Because they can.

I don't think there's a lot of middle-of-the-road cops. Mostly they tend to either be really good or really bad. Just depends mostly on why they joined up in the first place.