Have you ever talked back to a cop?

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11. Yes

I was once approached by two big plainclothes cops where one went to cut me off in front and the other came up behind me. I'm wearing my headphones so I don't hear what they are saying. The first guy put his hand on me and I slipped out of his grasp. Apparently some genius called the cops on a suspicious looking guy standing, ie me.

The cops are convinced that I'm a drug dealer or somebody looking to buy, so I pull out my wallet, which had all of 5 dollars in it and ask if I'm the worst drug dealer of all time. When they finally got it in their heads that I'm not next Pablo Escobar, I asked if I should consider myself lucky that I'm white so I didn't get shot on sight. They were pretty pissed at me, but unfortunately standing on a public sidewalk for 15 minutes, isn't actually a crime.

Another time, I was in New York, trying to find my way to the ferry terminal to catch a ride back to the New Jersey side. I got horribly lost and when I asked a cop which way to go, he suggested that I should ask Ozzy Ozbourne, apparently due to my wearing a Black Sabbath hat. Being younger and stupider than I am now, I told him something particularly stupid that I won't repeat now being older and less stupid. I crossed the line and probably deserved a smack upside the head.