Busted

By bustedfornuthin - 08/09/2010 04:42 - United States

Today, I was arrested by the police for sitting in what they thought was a stolen vehicle. After being slammed into the back of a squad car at gunpoint, they realized the car was actually recovered a week ago. FML
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Mirorbo 26

I'm fairly certain you actually can sue for this, darling. Is it me, or are the police getting more and more brutal these days?

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cradle6 13

to everyone say that "cops wouldn't do that," BS. Cops can do whatever they want, and then lie about what happened. Their cop buddies will stand behind them. I knew a few people this happened to. And there's no point in suing because it's your word against theirs.

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RedPillSucks 31

catherine, are you serious? For a car they think is stolen by "who knows whom", I can see them taking reasonable precautions. However, cops will pull their guns without being provoked. You just have to pray they're not trigger happy.

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MysteryJoker 5

Maybe if you weren't resisting... you wouldn't of been held at gunpoint...

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pandemic_fml 0

I had a gun pulled on me when I got a speeding ticket because my window was frozen shut, and the cop didn't believe me. The second time I got pulled over was for suspicion of dealing drugs. Got a gun pulled on me then too, only when she realized I was just a college student giving a friend a ride, she quickly put the gun away and stammered something about me swerving all over the road. I wasn't. I also got flipped off and almost hit by a cop speeding on the highway. Bad luck, I guess.

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BrookeBabe92 0

Wow, I would seriously sue if I were you. Hey, look, I'm a poet and I didn't even know it. :P

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MelElyssa 0

Instead of wasting your money and suing, I would go straight to the public. Write to newspapers and TV stations. That will hurt them much more than having to pay you a few thousand dollars of the tax payers money.

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skyeyez9 24

Cops do it all the time. Theres a police abuse and brutality article in the paper and internet every week.

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runawaybishop 5

why would the cops give a shit about media coverage? So the car was returned and they didn't notice it until after, big deal. This is barely worth an entry on fmylife.

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TheIrishJaneDoe 8

66: The car was recovered, not returned, which implies that law enforcement had a big part in finding the car. Thus, they should have updated their records right away, to keep off-duty or unaware cops from "refinding" the car and hassling the owner even further. It was almost surely a ridiculous PD mistake. It also did not warrant the officers' extreme reaction. Going to the media would expose the triggerhappy police policies and have them explained, scrutinized, or amended. Such skittishness could cost an innocent citizen his life and a cop his career/future.

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spartan_girl 0

@78: if it was a different department that recovered the car, they might not have communicated it to the department where the police in the FML came from...not excusing their behavior, or disagreeing with anything, I guess, but just pointing out that there are a lot of steps along the way where communication could have failed. Unfortunately, even with all the advanced technology available, police departments (even within a state) don't always have great communication.

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runawaybishop 5

#66 what "extreme" reaction? The dude was arrested for a suspected felony - they threw him against the back of the car, then realised the car was recovered already and let him go. Big deal - i do not see how this is worth a court case. An apology from the station maybe - tax payers money wasted on a case? Not a chance. Waste of money and time.

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mad2physicist 0

Sue them. Of course, you won't win unless you are a minority but do it anyway. And to those who are afraid of cops not being able to do their jobs due to restrictions, I'd rather deal with criminals than cops any day. If I f*ck up a criminal I can claim self-defense, but you can't do that with a cop. Cops are never there to actually prevent a crime. They're a bunch of useless overpaid nanny patrol agents. By the way if this had happened back in the days when we belonged to England, it would have precipitated the overthrow of the entire government.

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libertarian 0

yes let's tie up the courts even more with even more frivolous lawsuits. America going to hell.

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RedPillSucks 31

Its always frivolous until you're the one getting your ass beaten down by the cops, or getting shot because undercover cops didn't identify themselves first

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Taybabe2525 0

yeah I think u can sue them :P it's nit like they have no money

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