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Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 11:53 PM

Feb 2021

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Sometimes California really pisses me off [View all] ripcord Feb 2021 OP

is posession of it outside a truck illegal? zillions of things can be deadly weapons nt msongs Feb 2021 #1

No kidding! jcgoldie Feb 2021 #3

He said it look like a billy club ripcord Feb 2021 #5

Every state has its' asshole cops. Sorry that happened to you. Hang tough, good luck. Enter stage left Feb 2021 #2

Is the tire thumper law only in California? Blue_true Feb 2021 #4

The problem is in the description of the device. Caliman73 Feb 2021 #12

Your suggestion is likely right. The right lawyer may get the charges Blue_true Feb 2021 #13

You ran into a cop who is an idiot or an asshole. Maybe both. Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #6

+++ still_one Feb 2021 #9

Hey, we don't call it the PRC for nothing (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2021 #7

Sorry. Out of the blue you were accosted, searched and arrested? CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #8

How are you to thump a tire dweller Feb 2021 #10

That's exactly what I was gonna ask! FoxNewsSucks Feb 2021 #29

From the DU archives: Make7 Feb 2021 #11

For anyone who wonders why cops get called pigs... GregariousGroundhog Feb 2021 #14

Be careful, we're supposed to support cops now and salute them ansible Feb 2021 #23

I have a special salute for the "armed tax collector" FoxNewsSucks Feb 2021 #30

Or maybe cops are more suspicious of out of state license plates kimbutgar Feb 2021 #15

I've lived in California for over 57 years ripcord Feb 2021 #16

Then the cop was an a hole kimbutgar Feb 2021 #21

A former colleague calls CA the left coast LittleGirl Feb 2021 #24

meanwhile Celerity Feb 2021 #17

+1 ffr Feb 2021 #22

DAMN! elleng Feb 2021 #18

I carried a 1/2 inch pipe X 18" for 40 years. demosincebirth Feb 2021 #19

Didn't put a knee on your neck did he? Choke hold maybe?! Under The Radar Feb 2021 #20

I did some searching online.... Blue Dawn Feb 2021 #25

A hammer could be a deadly weapon left-of-center2012 Feb 2021 #26

Don't blame the state...blame the asshole/rookie trying to make a name, etc. cop. Xolodno Feb 2021 #27

If you dial 911 on a Domestic Violence issue, what do you expect the police to do? MichMan Feb 2021 #28

It is. Xolodno Feb 2021 #31

sorry to hear that. Hope you explain it away about court date Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #32

Just an update ripcord Mar 2021 #33

Good for you. n/t MicaelS Mar 2021 #34