Oklahoma cop breaks man’s face and charges him with assault for no apparent reason

[Ghost in the Machine]

6. I remember in the early 80's, there was a female officer shot in Miami. I was riding with my cousin

and some of his friends, and my cousin's car matched the general description of the get-away car. We got pulled over and asked for our identifications and we were talking to one one officer about how tragic it was, as we had heard about it on the radio. All of a sudden, the officer jumped back, had a pistol pointed at ME, and was yelling "what's that in your pocket??!!??!!??" I looked down, with my hands in the air of course, to see the brown handle of my hair brush sticking out of my pocket. I said "it's just my hair brush, sir". He said "slowly, with two fingers, remove it!" I said "ok, just don't shoot me man, I know you guys are hunting a killer".

I pulled the brush out v e r y s l o w l y and showed it to him. He actually apologized to me and I accepted because I KNEW they were all high strung that day. If I'm not mistaken, it was the first female officer killed in the line of duty for Metro-Dade County. I think her first name was Cheryl, can't remember the last name right off hand. I'll have to Google it to be sure.

It *used* to be common practice when we got pulled over to step out of the car and stand at the door waiting for the officer to approach. After this, and a few more cops being shot, if you opened the door you were told over the PA system to remain in your car and place your hands out the window.

Peace,

Ghost