Psycho Missouri cops
This is from a friend of mine living in the US. This is disgusting behaviour, and comes on the same day I find out that one in four prisoners on this planet are in the US.
Today, **** went to the **** Missouri police department to ask them if the knife he made is legal.
He asked the receptionist and she said she would ask an officer to come and tell him. Well, he sat down, and waited and waited.
Finally, he just got up to leave. About the time he got to his car, two policemen asked him if he was the one asking if his knife was legal.
He said yes. They told him to bring it over to them. He took one step towards them and they pulled their guns, aimed them at him and yelled, "Drop that fucking knife!!" **** was startled and of course and dropped it.
They set him up! And they never told him if it was legal or not. They ran his tags and all and let him go but I am just so upset that it happened. It is like someone hit me in the gut.
Not really the by-the-books policemen we see on Cops. This gives all American cops a bad name.
Hey, Missouri police—pick on someone your own size and solve some real crimes, OK? Imagine how much of the taxpayers’ money they wasted.
And I thought there was a War on Terror on.
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About 25% of the students were police of some kind. In my opinion, police get too arrogant and over-bearing in general. I had more than one argument with them about case studies and team assignments. I could go on and on.
Thanks for blogging on my site in the past. I have been preoccupied with our election this year, so my posts have reflected this. Take care.
Shameful :-(
Jack, I live in Missouri and I haven't heard anything like this. That's not to say it cannot happen or did not happen, but until I do read something more substantial, I'm having a good laugh. He made a knife and went to a police station to see if it was legal? We do have some small towns where the police have nothing better to do than harass people; doesn't every city or state or country? If you see anything in the news about it, please share it. :)
I have been keeping up with you, just not commenting a lot. I hope you've been well!
If I didn't know if something I made was legal, I would Google it or ask a lawyer. I absolutely would not go into a police station to find out. ;)
We all have rotten cops, sure. However, we do not hear of cops like this here—country and small-town cops are really respected for their community knowledge and networking in most parts of Australasia. (The rotten eggs are in the cities for us.)
I doubt you will see it in the news because they have not involved the press—I think they are too shaken after this. It’s a real slice-of-life incident so I don’t think it’s very funny. Short of the media, I may as well report it.
I will say I do not have the police’s side of the story. But I have no reason to doubt its veracity. It would be the same if you had come to me with this after it happened to a close family member.
Zak, I doubt this young man will go to the police for anything any more, and this incident has coloured his impression for the rest of his life. That is very sad. Evidently, this particular town in Missouri does not care for law-abiding citizens. These are everyday folks who could not afford to trouble a lawyer. Sure, they might be able to Google it, but in their shoes I would have gone to the local station as well.