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Have you ever been a victim of police misconduct? [View all] Quixote1818 Sep 2014 OP

When I was 15-years-old. Laffy Kat Sep 2014 #1

Take ur pants off? That's some kind of sexual deviancy. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #7

I'm pretty sure the School Resource Officer at my HS was grabbing a feel Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #20

I was pulled over because I was driving an old rather ragged volvo 240. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #2

Either that or you are... ReRe Sep 2014 #11

I was questioned as a child without any effort to have any adult present, LeftyMom Sep 2014 #3

I have been stopped for no reason twice, in my decades of driving. pnwmom Sep 2014 #4

Pulled over by drunk policeman. White/white. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #5

I was charged with PI for having MS. Downwinder Sep 2014 #6

Being extra happy in public Go Vols Sep 2014 #8

Yes, in a small town shake down speed trap... Tom Ripley Sep 2014 #9

it was 1969 hollysmom Sep 2014 #10

I got beat up horrendously by white cops, (I'm white). nilesobek Sep 2014 #12

Wow...just wow. N/T coyote Sep 2014 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Sep 2014 #13

I was beat up and thrown in jail for sitting on a bench at a bus stop B Calm Sep 2014 #14

I was threatened with arrest Aerows Sep 2014 #15

I have dealt with many a cop.. sendero Sep 2014 #16

Speed trap in a small town when I was in my twenties. pacalo Sep 2014 #17

No Shankapotomus Sep 2014 #18

I've never had an interaction with the police where their actions weren't blatantly criminal Taitertots Sep 2014 #19

Yes, and I sued for false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution and won. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #21

In all fairness, I have to post a story of 'above and beyond' service from LAPD, years ago. mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #22

I often tell people, including the police, exactly what I'm thinking. And sometimes I'm a smart-ass hunter Sep 2014 #23

Once I was pulled over by a very furious officer treestar Sep 2014 #24

I was 17 years old. I was living in Long Island and a senior in H.S. and commuting to the city for stevenleser Sep 2014 #25

No I'm white, LOL! Corruption Inc Sep 2014 #26

I was admittedly marym625 Sep 2014 #27

Interesting that most of these stories are from women..... socialist_n_TN Sep 2014 #28

Not the police... pipi_k Sep 2014 #29

Yes, I am white rock Sep 2014 #30

A police Lt I barely knew hugged me and grabbed and squeezed whole handful of boob@ mom's wake. bettyellen Sep 2014 #31

Not sure if ever to the level of misconduct (crime), but harassed quite a few times MillennialDem Sep 2014 #33

I've had a couple mythology Sep 2014 #34

I am an upper middle-class white female from a small-ish university town in the Southwest distantearlywarning Sep 2014 #35

I'm 24 Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #36

Yes, but I've more often been the beneficiary of police misconduct. Heidi Sep 2014 #37

intersting the ration is 3/2 white and black. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #38

Yeah, in East Point, Georgia... kentuck Sep 2014 #39

DU is 90% white bananas Sep 2014 #40