Police Stupidity (796 hits)
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Submitted by David Federman <David.Federman.at.gmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-12-05 18:22:16 EST
Ok well first off let me explain how I felt about cops BEFORE yesterday. I thought of them as being just regular people who weren't exceptionally friendly or hostile. They just had a job to do to get paid. This morning at my friends' band practice a really cool cop came and told us that people have been complaining, but they were anonymous. Because of that, he said he really didn't care and he told us to keep playing and not even turn it down. I then thought the police could be alright sometimes.
Wow I was wrong...
After the practice, I went to my Latin club "Saturnalia" party (nerdy, yes, I know). It ended at about 11 when the night was still young so a few friends and I decided to go to my apartment. Technically it's my dad's apartment, but he has been in California for about 10 months.
When we got there we played Super Smash Brothers (nerdy again, yes, I am aware) until about 3 in the morning. Around that time we heard this knock on the door. We all got quiet really fast to see if they'd go away. They didn't. I looked out the peep hole and saw two bald men. One had what I thought looked like a gun or some other kind of weapon, I decided to hide some more. They continued pounding on the door. After 5 minutes or so, the door frame broke. One of the men said "I think we should just go in". In the wee hours of the morning, this is extremely scary, especially in a low income apartment complex. I was shaking because during the 5 minutes they were pounding, my friend Andy took his shirt off, slapped some water on his body, put a knife on the floor, picked up a bat, handed the rest of us weapons, and looked ready to fight. I was scared for all of my friends' lives. I finally mustered the courage to ask who it was. They finally said "the police". Wouldn't it have been so much easier to pound on the door and say it's the police to begin with instead of us not knowing who it is? I was scared to ask at first mainly because bullets can go through doors. Anyway I opened the door and they immediately rushed in. The first words out of one of the officer's mouth were, "now that you've had time to stash the booze..." and then he began to search the apartment for any signs of illegal things. All he found were empty soda cans and a paused Nintendo 64 video game. After realizing what an idiot he just made of himself, he walked outside saying he needed to talk to some people or some other lame excuse. The other officer would not look me in the eye the whole time. He asked for ID so I gave it to him. He the said, "so DAVID... you are the leasee?" as if he didn't believe that was my real name. I told him yes. He then said that since it was a one bedroom apartment, I am only allowed to have (counts the number of friend... four...) three other people here. Then he saw my age and asked if I paid for the apartment. I told him that it is actually my dad's. He asked me if it was ok with all of our parents if they knew we were all here alone. We all told the truth. Yes all of our parents did know.
Basically from there all the officer did was tried to find things wrong so he could tell us to leave.
Dick: "So are you actually ON the lease?"
Me: "I don't know"
Dick: "So you aren't authorized to be here?"
Me: "My dad is in California and has been there for ten months. I am supposed to take care of the apartment for him"
Dick: "Does the apartment know about this?"
Me: "I don't know" (I later learned that they did)
Dick: "Well since we don't actually know and can't find out right now, your friends all need to leave" (does this make sense to anyone?)
Me: "Fine"
Dick: "And how long has this been like this?" (Points to broken door)
Me: "Well it was fine until you broke it a few minutes ago"
Dick: "You ever think of getting maintenance out here to fix it?"
Me: "We've called for other things before, but it's really hard to get them here."
Dick: "Well I guess your dad would have to call anyway. I would give them a call in the morning" (Wow usually people wait until later in the conversation to contradict themselves) "So do you see it wise to stay here tonight?"
Me: "Uh, are you going to let me?"
Dick: "Well considering we are idiots and broke the door, I would secure your dad's possessions."
Me: "Ok"
They left and then I went to Andy's hose where the rest of my friends were.
Cops are "supposed to" help people. They aren't supposed to scare people shitless and then treat then like criminals. Here's an idea of how the scenario could have been better on their part. They knock on the down and shout "Please open up, it's the police!" I then would immediately open the door. They would say "We have been getting complaints of you guys being too loud so could you please keep it down?" Blam, problem fixed.
If I wasn't thinking there was about to be a major bloodbath in my house, I would have asked the police for a warrant. I don't know much about the law, but I do know a warrant is necessary to search a home. Also I would have claimed to actually be my dad and claim to not have any ID. All they would be able to do then is tell us to be quieter.
Well I'm going to be a huge asshole about that whole night. Tomorrow I am going to call the police department and make a complaint about it. They were not in uniform, their badge was not visible from the peephole, and never once announced they were the police. Because of how screwed up the legal system is, I will make the two officers write letters of apology to me to my traumatic experience. Perhaps even sue. One of the officers kept looking at Andy's chest (he's pretty built), so he could sue for sexual abuse. This experience has ruined my image of cops forever.
User Reviews
Submitted by anthonynewgen (user info) at 2004-12-06 23:05:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Zoidberg they broke the fucking door. At 3 am in the morn if sumone stranger bangs and breaks the frame of ur door, how are u gonna react? calling the cops wont get them there in time. its self defense plain and simple.
before u posted ur lame ass comment, you shouldve thought of the options.
Submitted by thedude (user info) at 2004-12-06 09:26:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
they prob where not cops at all, just some guys pissed off about the noise but they didnt want to call the real cops on you, just scare you enough to shut up.
Just a theory. Personally I hate cops with pretty much all of my being. Pig fuckers all of them...
Betty-Sue wheres my gun... isa going to get uses somes bacon fores dinner!! Ye haw!!
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2004-12-06 08:46:39 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Shenanigans
Submitted by FuckTheArmy (user info) at 2004-12-06 08:07:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Cops were never here to help. They were set up initially in the UK as a response to excessive violence by the army in putting down a riot, and the idea spread.
It's about keeping rich man's law.
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2004-12-06 00:20:07 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
so people with guns are knocking on your door, you have no idea who they are, and you get knives and bats to fight them instead of calling the cops...
and they're the idiots?
what a fucking moron
Submitted by BoogieFevuh (user info) at 2004-12-05 21:08:09 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Submitted by awj002 (user info) at 2004-12-05 19:50:35 (#)
Ranking: -1
its probably not a true story, since a lot of things in it are highly improbable. such as you having had two encounters with the police in one day. if it's true then i assume you're skewing some of the details. anyway, not a particularly interesting story no matter how you look at it
Submitted by Tigre (user info) at 2004-12-05 20:59:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by briancte (user info) at 2004-12-05 18:37:00 (#)
Ranking: 2
actually if they suspect underage drinking they can raid the place. But it was a fucked up thing they did.
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No, actually they can't. They have to wake up a judge and have him sign a warrant quick. But 70% of the parties they bust they know of ahead of time. Unless they see sombody underage out on the lawn with a beercan, or somthing similar, they can't do shit without a warrant.
Submitted by PrettyBondage (user info) at 2004-12-05 20:27:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
that would've scared me to death! (if i thought someone was breaking in)
Submitted by David.Federman (user info) at 2004-12-05 20:16:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
TonyMontana: No I am not black.
DonovanMD: Ok.
briancte: I did not know that about suspected underage drinking. I assume after they give it a quick look around, I can ask them to leave correct?
awj002: The reason why it isn't exceptionally interesting is because it is the truth. The only thing I made up is when the cop called himself an idiot, but I assumed that was obvious to the reader. The two encounters with cops in one day is pretty remarkable, but I assure you my story is true.
Sorry to those who think I should fabricate events to make the story more interesting. I prefer to tell it like it was.
Submitted by awj002 (user info) at 2004-12-05 19:50:35 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
its probably not a true story, since a lot of things in it are highly improbable. such as you having had two encounters with the police in one day. if it's true then i assume you're skewing some of the details. anyway, not a particularly interesting story no matter how you look at it
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2004-12-05 19:31:06 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
What a lame story
Submitted by Chinaski (user info) at 2004-12-05 18:40:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
rad. FUCK pigs!
Submitted by TonyMontana (user info) at 2004-12-05 18:37:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
don't "maybe" sue, man...sue their dumb asses for everything they got. the only reason they treated you like that is because you're in a low income apt and they assumed you were black.
oh wait...are you black? that will help your lawsuit out a lot more if you are.
Submitted by briancte (user info) at 2004-12-05 18:37:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
actually if they suspect underage drinking they can raid the place. But it was a fucked up thing they did.
Submitted by BillsSBChamps (user info) at 2004-12-05 18:36:41 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
You're leaving something out.
-2 because I WUV COPZ!!!!!!!
Submitted by tech-junkie (user info) at 2004-12-05 18:29:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Fuck the po-lice