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Originally Posted by G-spec
^ Well what you bring up is precisely the reason I been upset all these years, I mean I've had 1 speeding ticket in the last 10 years, so it ain't the way I drive... and outside of work, literally the only things I ever do is hang out with my little elementary school age brothers and wifey, and play sports with my friends at the local rec.
I don't go downtown, I don't club, I don't associate with people known to police... I mean I don't do anything that warrants the treatment I get when I'm pulled over except one thing.... I drive the car that I drive, that's the only thing that's fckin me over 
And yea something is being done about it, in the last few months I've been driving my mom's or dad's car almost all the time, that's my temporary solution until i get a new car, and it feels so good to drive around freely.... when I hop in my car I almost get a knot in my stomach when I hit up major cop zones like Kingsway or anywhere close to downtown, I drive that car around feelin like I got 10 kilos in the trunk, with that type of anxiety. |
For some reason, this came to mind..."The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." — Albert Einstein
I spent almost 3 decades stopping cars and dealing with people at roadside. I never profiled anyone but when "something felt wrong"...it almost always was
wrong. Yes I occasionally misjudged the situation and was not correct in my alalysis of the "indicators" but not very often. Most Cops work that way and most are correct most of the time.
I find it difficult to believe that so many Cops are so wrong so many times when dealing with you. Maybe you need to take a close look and try to see what is attracting them?
And being handcuffed on the side of the road numerous times only to be let go without a ticket or an explanation, or being yelled at by detectives and threatened to be taken to jail for refusing to answer personal questions,
To be repeatedly handcuffed and spoken to in the way you say, for no reason at all just does not match with my own experiences. I only handcuffed people for either officer safety concerns or if they were being arrested. If you slap cuffs on somone you had better be able to articulate your reasons and they had better be justified. I just can't imagine being able to justify handcuffing someone or yelling at them and threatening to take them to jail
just because they drove a particular car.