re: #59 ObserverArt

Well, I don’t want to get into my ethnicity but, I’m a minority and have been stopped by the police several times when I was young. In one incident I was stopped (by a black cop) while on my way to get groceries (You know, because I was hungry). Cop asked me what I was doing. I told him that I was going to get something to eat. So, for some reason he didn’t like that and got on his radio and called in that he had a belligerent person on his hands, probably because I have a VERY deep voice, so to most men, it sounds like I’m talking down to them. Anyhow, his partner (A white cop) showed up and they tried to get a rise out of me at that point, I just stared at them. Then his partner suddenly threatened to bash my skull in unless I give him some names of some drug boys. I just stared at him and told him to go ahead and do it then because I don’t know any drug boys and I DON’T have time for his BS. So, they called in a background check on me and WHOOPS! I have a crystal clear criminal record with not even a citation for jaywalking. So the partner basically said ‘you’re free to go’ and I went and got my groceries. On my way back, the first cop was still sitting there and he was acting all apologetic and sheepish about what happened. I told him that the damage was done, that he and his partner ruined my day and that I’d prefer to go home that talk to a person that made an enemy of me. The next day, I tried to report them to their lieutenant but all he did is declare that I was lying and I knew these drug dealers that I don’t know. From that point on, I categorize police officers as non-people that aren’t worth my breath to try and reason with.