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Blue_Tires

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7. Just calling it as I see it...

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 12, 2017, 02:40 PM

Jul 2017

Last edited Wed Jul 12, 2017, 04:35 PM - Edit history (1)

And yeah, while once upon a time I could give most cops the benefit of the doubt for questionable traffic stops of PoC minding their own business, they've long since pissed that away.

Yeah, a "legit" stop... You can just tell from her body language and the cops voice as he started stacking on the excuses (window tint, LOL) that something was rotten.

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This is what happens when cops stop the 'wrong' person: [View all] Blue_Tires Jul 2017 OP

I just posted the same story in GD...happens all the time Sancho Jul 2017 #1

Cops do randomly run tags, and this cop didn't seem rude when he found out... TreasonousBastard Jul 2017 #2

So they "ran the plate" and "nothing came back" Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #3

Making assumptions are you? I heard the cop say "nothing" as in blank, nonexistent... TreasonousBastard Jul 2017 #6

Just calling it as I see it... Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #7

Is that not also making assumptions? LanternWaste Jul 2017 #8

The tinted windows were not to dark she was. Doreen Jul 2017 #4

I must give the police props... forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #5

Interesting excuse for stopping her. rogue emissary Jul 2017 #9