Posted on 02/27/2010 12:29:34 AM PST by myknowledge
Four women, two of them well into middle age, were discussing funeral plans for a friend when an Atlanta police officer told them to move.
Three did but one asked “why.” In answer to her question, Minnie Carey, then 61, was handcuffed, put into a police wagon and taken to jail, where she was held for nine hours.
The Citizen Review Board found that Atlanta Police officer Brandy Dolson had violated APD policies and had falsely arrested Carey.
“I was blown away,” Carey told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I had heard about people in the community being harassed by the police … It really didn’t shock me as much as it probably would have if I had not heard of people going to jail for no reason. I figured I was just another one.
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Would you want to get arrested by a cop for asking 'why'?
And don't bother reading your rights out to a cop - he / she is brainwashed into thinking you're a terrorist.
I am amazed that anyone in their right mind could still think that the US is a free country.
Only during the Clinton years did we get a grasp of the impending U.S. police state, something that not even George Orwell could have dreamed of. He'd be salivating in his grave by now.
“The police state rears its ugly head in Atlanta, GA.”
It sure is not the Atlanta that my mother grew up in.
So sad, as Atlanta was once a fine city.
By the way, many people do not realize that Atlanta is a very small city (500,000), as it is landlocked.
It;s EVERYWHERE, & there is little we can do about it. I remember a few years ago I was walking home from work one AM, just minding my own business on a public sidewalk & was stopped simply for being out @ that time. The cops said that the area had seem a lot of break-ins recently. YEAH, RIGHT!
I wasn't a happy camper about it, so when he asked me where I was going, I pointed in that direction & said "That way"...he then asked me where I was coming from & I did a 180 & said "THAT WAY!". He threatened to arrest me, but for some reason he didn't. I should have asked him where his lipstick was.
then leave jerk.
You are part of the problem or part of the solution. Take a beating when it comes your way or you are just a piece of trash that passes it on to someone better than you are.
I have warned all in our family to look out for city, county and state law enforcement, because they are looking to increase the revenue stream right now. State, County, City coffers are going broke, so they have to use force of law to confiscate the funds they need to justify their bureaucracy.
My daughter got a so called $20 cell phone ticket for punching the answer/speaker phone button at a stop light and rookie LEO pulled her over... interrogated her... including questions such as: “have you ever been arrested?”... uh NO...”are you sure”... uh, yeah I think I would remember that...”Have you ever committed a felony”... uh... I think I just told you I have never been arrested...
Ticket is not $20. It is packed with “FEES” Total for ticket with court fees is $180!
Just imagine if you are out of work and cannot pay that! It will quickly become a $1500 obligation! They are gunning for us... you better believe it! It’s the bureaucrats (Government employees) against the rest of us, who are not so blessed by Obama.
I’v had almost the same situation. A cop pulled me over for running a red light. He asked me where I was coming from and I said “that way”. He then asked where I was going and I said “that way”. He laughed at my responses and told me to have a nice day and walked away. No ticket for red light.
This woman should know you arnt allowed to ask “why” in Obama’s America.
Lock them up!
You fit the description of...
LOL.
Not sure whats worse, the cops are dealing with the idiots that at the airport known as the TSA.
LOL
I just hope, if I’m in a group, I can run faster than those with me. Otherwise I’m the one getting clubbed like a baby seal.
Seriously, they have motorcycle cops hidden in the most obvious places they could “gotcha” you for breaking the speed limit or whatever. My daughter pointed out to me an undercover LE car the other day. We were on the way to help my Father who is disabled and taking care of his wife who has dementia. A short trip like this should not have to include the threat of LE pulling you over. Why aren’t they out there protecting the community against REAL criminals?
Give Minnie Carey a break. She’s in her 60s now. She has no knowledge of Obama’s Amerikkka.
More than 30 years ago, I worked in a building on the east edge of downtown Los Angeles. Old buildings, not exactly safe. I worked nights at a typesetting business. My car was parked cater-corner across the street.
One night I crossed without waiting for a traffic light. Didn't see any cops, the street was deserted when I started to cross.
The cops pulled into the parking lot just as I got there. They harassed me. I was not a hooker, nor did I look or dress like one. Jeans, short-sleeve sweater over some type of shirt.
I think they gave me a ticket. They were laughing and winking at each other, and laughing at me. They had no reason to stop me. They thought it was funny that I was angry at them. They asked me where did I work? I pointed to the building I'd just left, and said "there."
This isn't a new thing, but they do seem to be stepping it uu lately.
Good one!
I take the opposite approach and politely and repsectfully go into a long, boring explanation packed with every little detail of my day. If he wants to ask the question I guess he really wants the answer.
Anyhow, you way of dealing with it sounds much simpler. Glad you found a COP with a sense of humor.
Why the hostility?
How about this:
"Have you ever been arrested?"
Answer: NOT YET!
"Ever committed a felony?"
Answer: NOT YET!
"Got any drugs on you?"
Answer: NOT TODAY!
The city limits of Atlanta is relatively small, approx. 600,000. But the metro area has over 5,000,000 - the majority of which seem to be on I-285 at any given time.
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