Re: Police question
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:00 am
Got stopped and searched, 60 pills in my left pocket. Shittin it, the popo forgot to search my left pocket - "On yer way lads". Seeeeriously lucky haha!
On the paper it said I was stopped for druuugs. I'm guessing that in Farringdon tube station they'll have just drug dogs, for all the ravers going to fabric.magma wrote:Telling them nothing isn't the same as telling them lies. If they ask you straight out, then you've either got to try and say nothing without them reading "SEARCH ME, SEARCH ME" between the lines, or you've got to just own up.
Tbh, for a spliff, they would've just taken it and sent you on your way.
What did they stop you under out of interest? If it was for "prevention of terrorism" then the European Court of Human Rights deemed it illegal last month despite the Home Secretary telling the Met to carry on doing it... if you get stopped without proper cause in future let the policeman know he'll be taking a trip to Strasbourg if he carries out his search!
WatchYourStep wrote:This is the most I've ever seen you write in one thread!
esfandyar wrote:
never treat them as if they were human, because they are not
IME the older the copper the less inclined he is to make your day a shit one. If they're fresh out of Police school they're still trying to 'prove themselves'. All the shite I have had off coppers has been from the younger ones.metalboxproducts wrote:esfandyar wrote:
never treat them as if they were human, because they are not
Yeah, same here.firky wrote:IME the older the copper the less inclined he is to make your day a shit one. If they're fresh out of Police school they're still trying to 'prove themselves'. All the shite I have had off coppers has been from the younger ones.metalboxproducts wrote:esfandyar wrote:
never treat them as if they were human, because they are not
firky wrote:A few years back I bought a quarter and stuffed it in my wallet and on my way home I popped into the Spar and bought a few cans. I paid for the cans and threw my wallet into the carrier bag and went on my way. When I got home I went to cook something, and as I went to get a can to wash it down with I noticed my wallet was missing. My wallet had my Stiudent ID card init, bank cards, everything basically. I was gutted, I rang up my bank and stopped my cards and things but I was mostly furious abotu losing me weed.
Fast forward two days later and there's a knock on me door and this huge copper is stood there and I am alreading thinking, "oh fuck!". I opened the door and he goes, "you must be firky, yes?" I replied that I was and he handed me my wallet. I couldn't stop myself from grinning and he went, "you're lucky, and old lady found it on the street and handed it to me. You should find everything in there but I'll be keeping this" and at that moment he produced my quarter and the fucker gave me a wink and went on his way. Obviously I couldn't go "OI THATS MY WEED" or make a complaint or anything, the bastard. I don't know if he destroyed it or smoked it - do pigs have to do a piss test?
I guess they couldn't really charge me as I didn't have it on my person at teh time and I could say someone must have picked it up and then put their own weed in and then lost it blah blah
As bad as people think the police are over here in UK and Europe, they are far harsher in the US.esfandyar wrote:never treat them as if they were human, because they are not
firky wrote:All the shite I have had off coppers has been from the younger ones.
cops here are really badmetalboxproducts wrote:Yeah, same here.firky wrote:IME the older the copper the less inclined he is to make your day a shit one. If they're fresh out of Police school they're still trying to 'prove themselves'. All the shite I have had off coppers has been from the younger ones.metalboxproducts wrote:esfandyar wrote:
never treat them as if they were human, because they are not
So how is that different or worse than allowing any random person to buy a gun? At least with these guys you *know* they have a gun and will use it. As opposed to some random disgruntled guy who could just pull out a gun and shoot you just because you happened to be walking by.esfandyar wrote:i like it (sarcasm) how we all rationalize that there is some sort of myth that there is a difference between good cops and bad cops. they are all bad.. the whole idea of institutionalized authority is oppressive and without some sort of democratic process for people to choose that a certain individual can be assigned a gun and a badge with the power to determine the outcome of one's life is ridiculous. you dont need any kind of college degree to be a cop, nothing. i know we are talking about simple offenses like getting caught with weed but there is a bigger picture here.
no degrees dont make people good, but the point im making is to become a police officer with the amount of power given to you really doesnt require much merit.kay wrote:So how is that different or worse than allowing any random person to buy a gun? At least with these guys you *know* they have a gun and will use it. As opposed to some random disgruntled guy who could just pull out a gun and shoot you just because you happened to be walking by.esfandyar wrote:i like it (sarcasm) how we all rationalize that there is some sort of myth that there is a difference between good cops and bad cops. they are all bad.. the whole idea of institutionalized authority is oppressive and without some sort of democratic process for people to choose that a certain individual can be assigned a gun and a badge with the power to determine the outcome of one's life is ridiculous. you dont need any kind of college degree to be a cop, nothing. i know we are talking about simple offenses like getting caught with weed but there is a bigger picture here.
And would a college degree really help the situation either? Degrees don't make bad people good.
Imo, degrees can help having a broader view on the things happening in this world.kay wrote:So how is that different or worse than allowing any random person to buy a gun? At least with these guys you *know* they have a gun and will use it. As opposed to some random disgruntled guy who could just pull out a gun and shoot you just because you happened to be walking by.esfandyar wrote:i like it (sarcasm) how we all rationalize that there is some sort of myth that there is a difference between good cops and bad cops. they are all bad.. the whole idea of institutionalized authority is oppressive and without some sort of democratic process for people to choose that a certain individual can be assigned a gun and a badge with the power to determine the outcome of one's life is ridiculous. you dont need any kind of college degree to be a cop, nothing. i know we are talking about simple offenses like getting caught with weed but there is a bigger picture here.
And would a college degree really help the situation either? Degrees don't make bad people good.