Don't play the jackass with American police
I was on vacation in the USA last summer and when we see videos of american cops we can say that it is special cases or that the guy arrested was too violent. But when you go there you realize that it's the cops who are on edge.
I took a rental car in Minneapolis, I ride normally. Later a cop puts police siren and yells "police stop right there", I did not think it was for me so I ignored him which made him even more edgy and he put his car in front of me. He screams "get off your car" "get off your fucking car", thankfully I understand English otherwise he could have killed me, he had his hand next to his gun.
I leave the car, he says "get on the ground". I'm trying to ask what's going on, he gets angry and slams me to the ground "Sir you gonna get tased", the guy threatens me, he crushes my chest and puts me in handcuffs. He tells me that I am under arrest for "misdemeanor", because in the opposite direction there was a school bus and apparently you have to stop, bus has priority.
It's hard to notice, a normal avenue in the USA is as wide as the Champs Elysées. Finally, some people saw that I was tourist and tried to defend me, the cop calmed down, he still brought me to the station, I was released but if I do this again I risk a $ 1,000 fine + 30 days in jail.
Just be careful, even the most honest guy in the world, if he encounters an angry cop he can be killed for a yes or a no
Don't play the jackass with American police
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Gotta ask, are you wh*Te?
>goes to small town America with out of state plates
>Doesn't expect to be shaken down for ticket money
fucking yank cops can't take the banter
the state of that country
Based. Foreigners are not welcome here
>I live in a police state
>and that’s a good thing
I hear that more often. Why do cops do this?
Do your country’s police not have ticket quotas?
I don't think they do, and they mainly check for speed through fixed checks rather than driving through traffic.
To back up your point, ticket quotas aren't a meme. Same thing with cops padding their stats.
Gotta look good if you want to stay on the force, get a raise or getting a promotion.
this
Well here in the barbarous new world our police are underfunded, so every cop has a monthly ticket quota to shake out of citizens. Usually they do it for speeding, but they’ll also enforce retarded bylaws if they’re desperate
That's literally Russia-tier corruption. Jesus fucking christ, RIP murrica.
Oh that must suck. Over here you hardly get pulled over for speeding tickets. You just receive a letter stating how hard you were going and where at what moment with a picture of your license plate attached. It's all electronic.
I heard that in the USA/NA there is a lot of protest against these automatic scanners.
>non-greentext story
didn't read
Here in BC we don't have those, and the cops don't give out my tickets either (or maybe just to out of province)
It varies
They literally target Canadians.
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I'm still baffled a police force with a huge fleet of helicopters and even armored vehicles doesn't have these basic scanners in their cars.
We fuck up californians
This is beyond 3rd world tier.
Jesus christ
You usually don’t get pulled over for speeding here either, unless you’re a retard going 30km over. But you do have to be careful at the end of the month when the jackboots are getting desperate.
Speeding tickets I understand. It’s retarded bylaw officer goons who really bug me. Got a $50 ticket once because my car was parked facing the wrong way on the road in front of my house
It's pretty embarrassing. Always drive a rental car if you're an outsider.
No I mean it this is exactly what 3rd world police would do. First they confiscate money then the supreme court has to ask it back
I've never heard of this happening in Washington state.
Is this a thing there? I've never felt unsafe driving there.
I think it's more prevalent towards the east.
The cops in Kansas City stopped me in the street when I was walking to the greyhound station. The station is on the border of the nigger area, they literally would not let me walk the 5 more blocks and gave me a lift, and showed me around the neighbourhood as well, great guys. This was at 11am.
God I hope it doesn't spread here. Our police are relaxed and I would like to keep it that way.
But half of California seems insistent on moving here along with half of asia, probably won't be any of us left soon.
How did they know you were a foreigner to stop you ?
He was walking
Had a big suitcase with me
It was only a few blocks so I couldn't be bothered with a taxi
It was literally a fresh of the boat somali that shot her.
I have never seen one at work.
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I agree. It's pretty sad that we berate Mexican police for doing the same exact thing.
>Later a cop puts police siren and yells "police stop right there", I did not think it was for me so I ignored him
This is where your story lost credibility, nobody is this retarded.
The really insulting thing is that it’s a lot more expensive in the US. Some good friends of mine went off on a trip to a few African countries, including Kenya, and the police often shook them down for bribes. But the bribe you give the officer is equivalent to like $4 Canadabux, so it’s not a real issue
It's pretty uncommon to get pulled over without committing a crime in Yurop
I also had a bad experience with American cops. I was couchsurfing with someone I met online. He ended up beating/harassing me. I called 911 and the guy kept lying to the cops, saying I'm crazy/bipolar. I had bruises on my face and the cops refused to take any pictures and claimed I made them myselves. The cops said if I called 911 again I would get charged with "making a false police report" and that I will go to prison and never find a good job. Seriously what the fuck is wrong the US? Ever since that experience I've never set foot in the US ever again.
It would be plausible if he was hauling ass on a motorcycle and couldn't hear anything. A friend of mine got his ass kicked and his helmet trashed because the officer thought he was attempting to flee.
>Got a $50 ticket once because my car was parked facing the wrong way on the road in front of my house
what the fuggggg
You should have tried not being a homo, American cops hate faggots
Because they need the money. Taxes are low which means police depts are underfunded and need the revenue. Its a bonus if you target people outside the area because tuey lack the time and connections to fight it and will just pay as opposed to travelling back to fight the ticket.
Most of the cost is actually court costs. For instance the actual fine for speeding if $130 but the court costs are 270 meaning spedding will actually cost you $400
Yes. Bylaw police are some of the pettiest goons out there.
Im female, i got misogynistic vibes from the cop
Are the court costs added by default? Or only when you fight them and lose?
You are probably safer in the border states that have an abundance of other Canadian drivers. Being the only foreign driver in the boonies would be ill-advised.
my friend in New York also said he was hanging out with his friend at the park at 6:30 pm and the park closed at 6:00 pm, cop arrested him, he said to sit in a jail for a day, and got a misdemeanor charge, he has just finished dental school and cannot find a job because of the charge
By default. They drug war means we are constantly proceasing people.
Had a friend get caught with weed and he got sentenced to drug court which means he had to call each day and see if he had to take a piss test go to 4 AA meetings a week and pay 75 a month to the courts for monitoring.
Its all a big scam but the fact we arrest so many people means our judicial system is bursting at the seams and desperate for money.
1. He did commit a crime, ignorance of the law doesn't excuse that
2. Have you ever driven before? Need to know whether this is ignorance or just shitty bait.
it was crazy going to germany/holland/hungary and seeing people smoke weed on the streets and drink alcohol casually outside/on the trains/buses
I know. That shit wpuld get your ass beat by the cops here
It's more than that, my friends get tickets all the time when out of state.
I really want to do a trip across the US but honestly I can't afford $3000 in tickets. Thankfully the Canadian government doesn't recognize those tickets.
No he did not commit a crime you dumbass government sucking homo, you retarded americans make me ashamed to be American, this is why i hide behind a euro flag 90% of the time posting here
That's just racketeering. American cops are just fucking filthy thieves. Gangsters. Bastards.
You know, the pigs and niggers deserve each other. Just two groups of murderous, thieving thugs.
It's probably profiling.
BLACK people like yourself tend to draw more attention from the police for some reason.
fly over and drive a rental car or stay on a snowbird route imo
>Telling me this while I feel huge reisefieber before my 2 week long road trip to California.
There's so many horror stories of American cops out there. I either got lucky or in some areas they are fine. I was around New York, Boston, and in general the New England area, and the few cops I saw or talked to were always nice and polite.
This is mainly a problem in the midwest and south IIRC.
>California
you don't even need plates here lmao
I've lived here my whole life, and I've never been hassled by the police.
I've been pulled over once for speeding, and I got a ticket (deserved. i actually was speeding).
Don't even worry.
quotas
if you write $500 worth of speeding tickets one month, but only $400 worth the next month, then you will get paid less
if you make $600 instead of $500 one month, then your new goal is to make $600 of tickets each month, not 500 anymore
and if your small town is trying to get funding for something (repair a road, new baseball field in the park, ect), you may be fired if you dont make enough, like you dont make $700 vs $500 one month (to make the chief or mayor look good, so that their bill gets passed)
its become so bad that AI lawyers that help people fight unjust speeding tickets are causing counties to declare bankruptcy
New England is the only good part of America, it's the safest/whitest/richest part. Everywhere else is a poor/violent/white rednecks/crazy blacks/mexicans/indian/asian invasion
in michigan if you have an ohio plate you will get ticketed, even if doing the speed limit
ohio does the same to michigan plates
>because in the opposite direction there was a school bus and apparently you have to stop, bus has priority.
dumb frog drives without knowing how to drive in the US. nothing new here
>Have you ever driven before? Need to know whether this is ignorance or just shitty bait.
I have been driving 7 years and not once got stopped
>ITT Europeans discover that outside of a few areas America and Canada are 2nd-3rd world countries.
Can you explain the situation to me? I don't really get it.
Why would you stop if the bus is on the opposite lane
>2. Have you ever driven before? Need to know whether this is ignorance or just shitty bait.
In Europe, if a cop is blurting his siren you get out the way or keep going if you cannot move out of the way.. If they want you stopped, they'll pull in front or behind you and flash a 'STOP POLICE' light sign in most countries.. I can understand the confusion.
>Canada
please do tell. I've never even been stopped by a cop in my life.
FUCKING CANADIAN COPS PULLED ME OVER WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE
You stop your car if there is a bus that is stopped (either lane) because kids are getting out. If the bus is moving you don't have to stop.
I'm talking about the drop-off in money and revenue etc. that happens when you leave the city and suburbs.
e.g. our native reservations and small towns which lead to the lack of revenue that leads to predatory cops.
BC has the same seizure laws as the US does for instance and it is occasionally used against foreigners (other states and provinces) outside the GVRD.
It's a traffic rule in the US. They have these things called school buses, which are clearly marked, and look the same. When a school bus stops to let kids off, it pulls out a "STOP" sign with red rights flashing. No matter which direction you are coming from, you stop. You let the kids cross. Only once the school bus pulls back the "STOP" sign can you go.
It's quite obvious so OP is a moron for missing it.
If the bus has the stop sign up you stop on both sides of the road, because the kids may run to the other side of the road. This is more prevalent in suburb streets as the bus comes and puts the stop sign thing up. It's to prevent people on the other side of the road from driving and hitting a kid crossing the road
>2. Have you ever driven before? Need to know whether this is ignorance or just shitty bait.
Yes I have my license for 5 years now and only have been pulled over once at night for alcohol check, but they already were set up at the road and stopped every car rather than pull me over.
Over here it's customary the police has an actual 'pull over' sign either in front or behind their car. If they only use sirens they want to get past you.
Okay I wouldn't have know that as well. Here you only stop if the bus is in the same lane, and only if its preparing to leave it's spot (flashing indicators)
Thanks for the answer guys!
Is this not a thing in europe?
Explains a lot
Only schools for handicapped have their own transit. Over here pupils either walk, bike, take public transit or get dropped off by their parents. There is no collective transport to school so we don't have these busses.
As a matter of fact saying someone goes to school by bus equals calling someone a retard over here.
Nope. We don't really have specific school buses in Germany. Kid's just get driven by their parents or use public transport (which is basically free for them as long as they're students)
thats why black lives matter exists
once a cop gives you a felony, any felony, you can no longer vote(in most states anyways) so you are no longer a constituant, so politicians dont give a fuck what you think since you cannot give them a delicious vote in november, and cops see that felony on your file and get greedy, since no judge or jury will ever believe you over a cop, even with physical evidence (which the cops will probably "lose" at some point anyways)
t. white guy who had an unopened perscription bottle of pills (my name on the scrip, written to begin that day, by a doctor with all the legal certification ectera), got thrown in jail for DUI overnight (which I was found not guilty of after 2+ years in court, and a clean blood test from said cops)
before the trial even began the cops said they could not find the evidence (pills) they had taken from me, apperently they got "lost" the same day that I had gotten arrested
my lawyer, and the county prosecuter(my opponent in court) both told me (off the record of course) that the cops had probably taken the pills to use/sell and never filed them as evidence in the first place
I'm white as hell, but fuck the (local) police
state troopers usually arnt corrupt, but holy fuck small town cops are
This is one reason I am happy my area is policed by the RCMP. They may be corrupt bastards, but they don't have the same ticket pressure as a small town force would.
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We don't have school buses.. Kids are brought to school by parents/nannies, and in the Netherlands around age 7-10 kids start riding bikes to school by themselves in most cases.
If you sent your kid alone to school on a bike in America you will be charged with neglect
or child protective services just takes your kid away
>Sending the kids to school alone at 7
It's like you WANT them taken away.
Yeah, I saw a similar story about kids around that age walking home by themselves from the park.. Their mom went home to cook dinner and told them to be home in time. Little Johnny was probably hella proud that he finally could put his MickeyMouse™ watch to good use or some shit.
For me, having grown up they way I did in a tiny village, that sounds like hell. My generation grew up riding bikes around unsupervised, to go swimming in the lake, build huts in the park, catch frogs in the field etc..
There's safety in numbers. Kids tend to ride in swarms.. Also, I grew up rurally so my experience might not be 100% representative for all of the Netherlands.. It might also have changed some recently, with the whole global debilitation of mankind and all. We do tend to follow North American trends.
Okay I thought this was a joke until I read:
Are you serious?
Kids just take their bike or bus or whatever to school. Even for school trips they just use public transport. Nothing ruins my morning commute more than having a group of 50+ schoolkids in the same train.
I think this was it. It's a while ago, but it seems similar enough.. Apparantly the way I was raised is some fringe cult in America called 'free range parenting'.
>Maryland Child Protective Services then accused the Meitivs of neglect, saying unless they committed to a safety plan, the kids would have to go into foster homes. In Silver Spring, leaving anyone under age 18 unsupervised constitutes neglect.
Surreal, imo..
Well I’m from a village. All kids went to school by themselves starting at age 8-9. If you still had your mom with you, you were a loser.
But this was a village. Everyone watched everyone and when my mother once send a friend of hers to pick my little sister up, the school principal came rushing to me to identify the woman.
I suppose it is different in cities.
American school buses have flashing stop signs they deploy to let kids cross the road.
That’s cool