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In reply to the discussion: Death at the hands of police. [View all]
 

lumberjack_jeff

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1. In general, I haven't been badly treated by cops.
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 12:06 PM
Feb 2014

But then again, my best friend is a cop.

However, about 25 years ago I was rear-ended by a young woman driving her mom's pickup while I was stopped at a stop sign. The impact threw me and my motorcycle into the freeway lanes. Luckily, oncoming freeway drivers had adequate evasive driving skills.

As I picked my bleeding self up and pushed my bashed-up bike off to the side of the road, I could see that the truck's bumper was caved in, the grill was destroyed and the hood was buckled up about 8". The woman looked at the damage and said "My mom's going to kill me".

I replied that she had more immediate problems. She silently returned to her truck and locked the doors.

When the cops arrived, as I held a blood-soaked handkerchief against my shoulder, they had lots of questions about how I drive ("I was stationary&quot and how fast the bike goes ("I don't know. Today, I was doing zero&quot .

The driver of the truck got a $30 ticket for failing to yield the right of way. The officer apparently felt that she was adequately traumatized by the interruption in music caused by the loud noise of knocking a guy and his motorcycle 30 feet across the road.

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