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A few years back I was stopped by a couple of L.A. jackass cops when I was in LA LA land. The first one saw me running across a deadend side street from a pay phone to a car parked at the curb on the other side of the street, jump in the car and pull into traffic. Obviously, very suspicious and dangerous activity.

I was driving a rental car that I was issued from LAX, which had Arizona plates, and I had a drivers license from Michigan. These two knuckleheads between them couldn't figure out how this could happen. The first cop called for backup by the second cop, and both looked at the rental agreement (it matched the license plates), my drivers license, and my flight tickets for about 20 minutes. These two bozos were hell-bent conviced that I had stolen the car. These idiots took turns questioning me separately to see if I would change my story.

After about 15 more minutes on the horn to the "brains" back at the station, they finally dropped the veiled accusation of theft. But they had to cover for their abject stupidity, so I got a ticket for jawwalking. Months later, it was Rodney King time.

A few years back I was stopped by a couple of L.A. jackass cops when I was in LA LA land. The first one saw me running across a deadend side street from a pay phone to a car parked at the curb on the other side of the street, jump in the car and pull into traffic. Obviously, very suspicious and dangerous activity. I was driving a rental car that I was issued from LAX, which had Arizona plates, and I had a drivers license from Michigan. These two knuckleheads between them couldn't figure out how this could happen. The first cop called for backup by the second cop, and both looked at the rental agreement (it matched the license plates), my drivers license, and my flight tickets for about 20 minutes. These two bozos were hell-bent conviced that I had stolen the car. These idiots took turns questioning me separately to see if I would change my story. After about 15 more minutes on the horn to the "brains" back at the station, they finally dropped the veiled accusation of theft. But they had to cover for their abject stupidity, so I got a ticket for jawwalking. Months later, it was Rodney King time.

Let me guess, your learned how to write reports from Nashville P.D.? You make it so clear and consice.

A few years back I was stopped by a couple of L.A. jackass cops when I was in LA LA land. The first one saw me running across a deadend side street from a pay phone to a car parked at the curb on the other side of the street, jump in the car and pull into traffic. Obviously, very suspicious and dangerous activity.

They thought they had a 'collar' and just hated to be proved wrong. Also hassling a law-abiding citizen is so much easier, than dealing with the usual nothing-to-lose perp.

I am amazed that there are any reasonable cops left on forces where their attempts at keeping the scum off the streets are so thwarted by our laws and/or judges.

We all as citizens have allowed this situation to evolve. I see it just getting worse. Fireman, in contrast, have a positive aura and their recruits are first-class. I don't see how police forces can expect to attract enough intelligent people with integrity when the job is so undermined.