Poll on police abuse of power

[uppityperson]

52. Yes, indeed, and very much so. Another instance, one summer evening around 10 pm,

driving a young adult friend home, I saw ahead (2 lane road) 2 police cars parked across the street from each other, officers leaning out their windows talking to each other. I told my friend we were going to get stopped and as she asked why, we drove between them and on came the lights. He said my license plate light was out, where are you going, registration, etc etc etc. After we were let go, the 19 yr old asked how I knew we'd be stopped. To me it was obvious. Because.

And about that license plate light? It was on when I checked. And when my mechanic checked. And for the next several years I had that car. If I'd've gotten out to check it then and found it on, well, who's to say it wasn't out when I was driving, right?

And how did I know? Because there were 2 police cars parked across from each other, officers leaning out the windows talking to each other. Because they could.

That was minor but it made me realize that I was not comfortable taking that short cut any more, was not comfortable being stopped by a cop on a dark road after dark. Glad there were 2 of us.

I have known, personally, a lot of good police officers over the years, but in the last 20 years have learned to not trust cops as there are too many who are not good. Maybe not a majority, but still too many with shoot first, ask questions later mentality, too many who have been raised on that mentality and carry it through.