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In reply to the discussion: What percentage of your interactions with police, over your lifetime, have been negative? [View all]DeminPennswoods
(15,873 posts)38. Was always very careful not to run
afoul of the Philadelphia police, even as a white person.
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What percentage of your interactions with police, over your lifetime, have been negative? [View all]
milestogo
Jun 2020
OP
I was the victim of a near fatal beating because I am gay. The police didn't do jack shit about it.
SoonerPride
Jun 2020
#1
My attack was in 1986, and in Oklahoma City, so of course they were unsympathetic creeps
SoonerPride
Jun 2020
#18
I tell all of my clients and all younger people I know that a conversation with a police officer is
MaryMagdaline
Jun 2020
#4
Never even approaching what POC experience, but reports of police abuse of women appears increasing
hlthe2b
Jun 2020
#6
When I was in high-school a cop caught me trying to sneak into a school dance
mokawanis
Jun 2020
#11
My mother, who is white, worked with a civil rights organization during the 60's.
lkinwi
Jun 2020
#19
I met a woman who was raped by a cop at a party in a small town where they both lived.
milestogo
Jun 2020
#29
Yup, the not so good interactions have increased with age. I try not to have any interactions. /nt
ARPad95
Jun 2020
#32