posted on Oct, 8 2022 @ 11:34 PM
A friend of mine back in 2008 got pulled over by a cop and he agreed to let them search his car and they arrested him for having grass clippings on
the floorboard that they claimed was marijuana.
That sparked an anger in him that made him go on a personal crusade against the police.
He started filming himself getting pulled over, finding out where traffic stops were being performed, and giving cops a hard time in general. He was
constantly going to court, but as an 18-19 year old who had all the time in the world he was committed. He even started getting the city to pay court
costs and won a case over harassment by cops.
He eventually had to quit because the cops stopped bothering him. Hell, I don't think I've heard of a traffic stop being down here since then, and the
cops are way more chill.
It used to be nothing but douchebag cops who had nothing better to do than annoy the piss out of everybody follow people in the cop cars with their
brights on and ride their ass waiting for them to make the smallest mistake and arresting people for stupid crap, to now most of the cops are from
bigger cities who use our city as an opportunity to take it easy and are way more chill.
The thing where most people screw up in dealing with cops is arguing with them and getting pissy with them. That just gives cops an excuse to be
dickheads and it very rarely, like never, ends well.
Just take the ticket, get a good lawyer if you have to, and go to court. That way it's officially recorded that the cops involved are dumbasses.
Hell, I've been to court more times than I can remember and the majority of the time the arresting cop can't be bothered to show up or even have
evidence that incriminates me.
They bank on most people just trying to avoid court. Traffic tickets especially. Just pay online and you don't miss any work, don't have to arrange
for a babysitter. nada. Most people apparently are more willing to pay more for a convenient solution to an inconvenience than sticking up for
themselves.