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Dec. 5th, 2014 06:40 pmThe federal government came to town & who knew? I guess this all started back when there was that psychotic shooting of those kids down by the windermere station - and it's come back at a time when the police murdered that poor little kid at a playground. These events I guess, are emblematic of the ongoing failings of uniformed authority? I mean - who knew? I never took the local police to be anything but representative of all police everywhere - so maybe I was all wrong? I can't tell you what's the case, I can tell you that I hadn't thought about it in that light before - that the situation of law enforcement would be decayed and horrible here, more so than elsewhere - but that's probably just foolish on my part - given the decay & ruin of every other aspect of life here - you know - in the Waste-Land.
My experience of the Police has always been confrontational and disingenuous. I got arrested for not paying a speeding ticket fast enough. I was handcuffed for four hours before they'd let me pay the ticket. I've been robbed many, many times, fifty? I think around 50. At least 20 of those times were break-ins, wrecked windows the whole thing - in those instances, I showed up before the police, left after them, relied pretty expressly on the two ladies that had a business of boarding up windows after midnight. I think in one case, that I can remember, the police had a form for me to fill out - most of the other times I had to go to the police station during normal business hours. In one instance my money or merchandise was recovered. I have been put in three point position at least 4 times, and in two of those instances I think I was actually the victim of a crime in the first place. Mainly I've experienced the police swearing at me needlessly during any encounter or discussion. That's it.
You? Good experiences? Bad?
My experience of the Police has always been confrontational and disingenuous. I got arrested for not paying a speeding ticket fast enough. I was handcuffed for four hours before they'd let me pay the ticket. I've been robbed many, many times, fifty? I think around 50. At least 20 of those times were break-ins, wrecked windows the whole thing - in those instances, I showed up before the police, left after them, relied pretty expressly on the two ladies that had a business of boarding up windows after midnight. I think in one case, that I can remember, the police had a form for me to fill out - most of the other times I had to go to the police station during normal business hours. In one instance my money or merchandise was recovered. I have been put in three point position at least 4 times, and in two of those instances I think I was actually the victim of a crime in the first place. Mainly I've experienced the police swearing at me needlessly during any encounter or discussion. That's it.
You? Good experiences? Bad?
