Fully agree with demonhorde665.
But as for big city cops sticking up for the little guy, so to much in Montreal.
My friend's bike was stolen from his bike shop and we found the bastard, so suggested I tackle the guy while my friend grabs the bike but he wanted to do it "the legal way". Anyway, cops came (2 cars 1 minivan) and stopped him, we showed many pics of the bike, some uptight female cop didnt believe us simply because of the new flat black paint job and different seat (actually it was because we were young). Other then that they couldnt figure out the rare similarities this entirely custom built Norco atomic had, with the same custom built 24" wheels, tires, front and rear suspension and so on. And here in Montreal it is illigal to have a bicycle without a serial number engraved into the frame, coincidentally enough, there were grinder marks where the serial number use to be, therefore it had to be confiscated either way. I guess that uptight bitch cop felt insulted towards the fact I knew something she didn't, because she took a step towards me, placed her hand on her gun and said, quote "Oh yeah? Under what article?"
Another time I was fined for skipping rocks in an unpopulated river, pulled over while biking because they wanted to search my 5-star binder claiming they were looking for someone who robed a pc store (closest pc store was a little over 5.5 miles away in the direction I was already going...) Even after bending the binder in half stating flexible laptops don't exist, they insisted I cooperate or they will take me in. My friend and I were almost run into on a bicycle path from an intercepting police car, they came out and yelled at us to stop, apparently we were biking suspiciously fast. My friend was pulled over with me for driving suspiciously legally for stopping to let an elderly woman cross the street, they took about 35 minutes of our lives just because my friend answered their stupid question somewhat sarcastically, no ticket, just a waste of time...my sister and a couple of her friends were fined 150 each for loitering at a subway station near a sign that said "waiting area", they were only there for 15 minutes.
The list goes on, but there not as stupid as the above. So yea, the cops here are paid by OUR tax dollars for what? To mostly harass people in between the ages of 14 and 35.
Oddly enough the only 1 time I ever witnessed a cop being completely respectful and polite (especially after catching someone doing something) was when my friend was caught doing 180kph in a 70 zone.
Im sure everyone has their odd ball story, but to many of my friends have more of their own than they should, it's disgusting.
I'd choose wii playing cops over these arrogant pricks any day, but I still wouldn't like the idea of them getting paid for their uber breaks, I don't see why it's such a big deal, cut off the hour they screwed around for, problem solved :S
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