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MerryBlooms

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23. I'm white, and my only interaction with a police

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Reply #11)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 12:55 AM

Dec 2021

Officer was walking home after babysitting. The friend and her boyfriend came home drunk, I refused to accept a ride home from either of them. I decided the safest way home after 1am was downtown under street lights. Officer stopped me for curfew violation, 2 days before my 18th birthday. Said I looked familiar. Complete bullshit from start to finish. He just kept telling me it wS no big deal and to stop crying. He wrote $750 worth of curfew violations, which the judge tossed, because the Officer didn't even bother to show up in court.

So happy for you. But those of us who have been abused by bs charges... I lost many nights of sleep, crying and scared to death as a young teenage girl

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If you are white and think you are safe, think again. [View all] PurgedVoter Dec 2021 OP

I'm a white female and I don't think I'm safe at all. Demobrat Dec 2021 #1

Sadly, I can sympathize. PurgedVoter Dec 2021 #2

At least your friends don't have to fear for their physical safety Demobrat Dec 2021 #3

...And the predictable "but, but, women do it toooooo!" post, as always, rears its ridiculous head. Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #8

Yep, I was going to post the same thing. Luciferous Dec 2021 #5

Same here I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2021 #22

I'm white and I've always been scared to death of the cops Raine Dec 2021 #4

As a black guy, I get nervous when I'm pulled over Polybius Dec 2021 #6

I was once pulled over for speeding. As the guy was writing the ticket, I said, "Sorry about that." Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #9

I have an interesting tale...when I lived in Connecticut some years ago. There were Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #15

Oh my God. That is terrifying. Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #16

Just wow. Shivers! n/t moonscape Dec 2021 #18

Yiiiii ! Terrifying. electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #20

Wow Demobrat Dec 2021 #24

The Blue Line Gang Best_man23 Dec 2021 #7

Don't Worry RobinA Dec 2021 #10

I'm white and have never felt threatened in the least by the police. Dial H For Hero Dec 2021 #11

I'm also white in the same state you're in TeslaNova Dec 2021 #13

I'm white, and my only interaction with a police MerryBlooms Dec 2021 #23

I'm an old, pale white woman. Lack of healthcare scares me more LeftInTX Dec 2021 #12

All police should have their social media reviewed to root out Takket Dec 2021 #14

The police unjustly kill and jail lots of whites, radius777 Dec 2021 #17

I'm a white female and both scared and not scared moonscape Dec 2021 #19

White female, 68. Mixed thoughts... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #21