re: #271 Justanotherhuman

This appears to be more often true anymore.

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As a white person, I’ve never had to particularly fear that a cop was going to beat me up or even kill me. Not once in my 74 years, even during my radical political years. And I think this is true of every white person, if they’re honest with themselves.

While that is generally true, I had a very bad experience with a cop so I tend to view all cops with suspicion. I was once falsely arrested by a cop because he didn’t like my attitude (standing on my rights and not being deferential enough). He continued to rant at me even after handcuffing me and putting me in the squad car. I was genuinely fearful.

The only good news? Cop’s name was Drew Peterson. Don’t need to worry about dealing with him again. And the false charges went away.