I'm not condemning or defending U.S. Police Officers as a whole (heh I live in the general D.C. area and have been harnessed by Metro Police many times, assaulted once but didn't even thinking about pressing charges because it was so minor that it could easily be played off as an "accident" on the officer's part), just because I don't think you can really do that for most any group, unless they have an expressed intent to do harm or what have you. For anyone interested, a male Hispanic D.C. Police Officer was aggressively hitting on an obviously pregnant young woman on the green line Metro. It was probably about 10 - 11 months ago because it was very early summer, so me at the time, a tall, white, 26 year old goes to ask him to "direction" - I've lived in the tri-state area my whole life, I knew where I was going, but I thought a distraction might get his mind back on the job. He gives me a pissed off look and goes back to hitting on the lady (turns out she speaks very little English and he doesn't know Spanish). I look directly at the woman and say "Que parada?" (What stop?) she hands me a map (someone obviously circled where she needs to get off and transfer). Her stop wasn't for another 20 minutes but the next stop was a hub that would get her there just as easily if not faster. I point this out to her and by this time the officer is getting ticked (maybe because he doesn't know what he's saying, maybe because I'm "moving in on his game"). At that point I feel a tap on the shoulder, but not from a hand. It turns out that he has taken his nightstick out and is using it to get my attention. He was about to say something but the announcement for the next stop rang out and I helped the woman with her bags (huge diaper bag, purse and a couple bags full of groceries). As we were headed towards the nearest door (about 10 feet away) I almost fall to one leg. Apparently he decided to use the nightstick to strike me in the area right behind my left knee (we were facing away from him at that point). I just remember yelling "WTF?!" and when I look back he is adverting his eyes, heh so stupid. I end up limping out of the Metro car and the lady starts freaking out. I can speak Spanish, but it's not my native tongue, so when people start speaking it super-insanely fast, I can maybe make out one in every four words. I just remember a lot of "Lo siento!" (I'm sorry!). Heh strangely enough a Metro cop (totally different division) saw me stumbling out of the car (lol actually asked what happened, I didn't respond) with the lady and he brought us over to the elevator and bypassed it so we can use it to get to the upper floor to transfer (apparently it had been repainted the day before and they still had it locked). Off-topic story of the day (hey at least my 3D print is almost done)!
Really think paragraphs would go a long way here:
I'm not condemning or defending U.S. Police Officers as a whole (heh I live in the general D.C. area and have been harnessed by Metro Police many times, assaulted once but didn't even thinking about pressing charges because it was so minor that it could easily be played off as an "accident" on the officer's part), just because I don't think you can really do that for most any group, unless they have an expressed intent to do harm or what have you.
For anyone interested, a male Hispanic D.C. Police Officer was aggressively hitting on an obviously pregnant young woman on the green line Metro. It was probably about 10 - 11 months ago because it was very early summer, so me at the time, a tall, white, 26 year old goes to ask him to "direction" - I've lived in the tri-state area my whole life, I knew where I was going, but I thought a distraction might get his mind back on the job.
He gives me a pissed off look and goes back to hitting on the lady (turns out she speaks very little English and he doesn't know Spanish). I look directly at the woman and say "Que parada?" (What stop?) she hands me a map (someone obviously circled where she needs to get off and transfer). Her stop wasn't for another 20 minutes but the next stop was a hub that would get her there just as easily if not faster. I point this out to her and by this time the officer is getting ticked (maybe because he doesn't know what he's saying, maybe because I'm "moving in on his game").
At that point I feel a tap on the shoulder, but not from a hand. It turns out that he has taken his nightstick out and is using it to get my attention. He was about to say something but the announcement for the next stop rang out and I helped the woman with her bags (huge diaper bag, purse and a couple bags full of groceries). As we were headed towards the nearest door (about 10 feet away) I almost fall to one leg. Apparently he decided to use the nightstick to strike me in the area right behind my left knee (we were facing away from him at that point). I just remember yelling "WTF?!" and when I look back he is adverting his eyes, heh so stupid.
I end up limping out of the Metro car and the lady starts freaking out. I can speak Spanish, but it's not my native tongue, so when people start speaking it super-insanely fast, I can maybe make out one in every four words. I just remember a lot of "Lo siento!" (I'm sorry!). Heh strangely enough a Metro cop (totally different division) saw me stumbling out of the car (lol actually asked what happened, I didn't respond) with the lady and he brought us over to the elevator and bypassed it so we can use it to get to the upper floor to transfer (apparently it had been repainted the day before and they still had it locked). Off-topic story of the day (hey at least my 3D print is almost done)!
). Are you suggesting that it's a felony to swear at a police officer (which it's not)? Also I don't get where the dislike for all police comes from. I know I'm probably missing something here but I had to post this anyway just in case.