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Re:Police question - 2006/06/27 16:20
It depends on where and who you are. In America, your rights are dependent upon a number of factors. These include, but are not limited to, race, sex, age, socioeconomic standing, religious affiliation, sexual preference, political ideology, general nonconformity, or sympathy to any of these groups or any other as determined by a duly appointed officer of the law. Hey, it`s still a better system than is used in many countries, such as communist China.
I hope that you have the right to demand that an officer of the same gender perform any invasive search, and really that they aren`t allowed to even pat you down without some sort of probable cause. So really, I don`t know, but I`d like to, so that I can become suitably enraged and react accordingly if applicable.
A couple years ago, I was pulled over, searched, and sobriety tested late at night in a sketchy neighborhood. Which wouldn`t have been quite as odd, had I been in a vehicle at the time that I was pulled over. The cop drove up behind me while I was walking, turned on his flashy lights, and then yelled at me over the bullhorn when I didn`t pull over. It just hadn`t occurred to me that I might be speeding.
I don`t like the fact that the cops go driving around in "bad" (meaning poor) neighborhoods roughing people up and checking their papers. Being in an area like that isn`t sufficient probable cause for harassment in my book. Maybe it works, and that cop catches all kinds of master criminals with his tactics, but somehow I doubt it.
Then he gave me a sobriety test, which I failed supposedly, despite actually being sober.
The more I think about that incident, the more I think that he was the one who was on something. johnny (in the basement)
"Question authority, if only to see the dumbass look on it`s face when it doesn`t know the answer  "
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