Do not trust the police. Ever. The police force has become something evil in its purpose...

[DebJ]

97. Count me as 1. 59 yrs old. Know no one. Closest thing to me was the time

I had a flat tire by the side of the road, and the police officer who pulled over just wanted to write me
a ticket for my extremely bald tires. I explained rather angrily because he was a bit smary in his communication
style that I was a single mom with two kids, one with a disability, and I had no money for safe tires and that
made me sick to my stomach every mile I drove to work every day. I said I need the car to have my job, as
opposed to going on welfare and raising taxes (implying 'your' taxes).

Meanwhile, my petite little female roommate was changing the tire and putting on the spare because I didn't
know how to do it (we worked at the same place).

He didn't give me a ticket, just re-emphasized his point about how i could kill someone else on the road if I lost
control of my vehicle, and he was sort of trying to regain his manly pride at the same time. But he simply drove
off.

That's not bad. He had a viewpoint; I modified it. Good for him.