This didn't at all feed anxiety about the current election and where cops stand on it all.
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Luck and privilege got me out of a lot of situations, most of which I had nothing to do with. I don't think I'd be so lucky now.
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August 2003. I'm stopped at a checkpoint, Troy, NY. I'm not intoxicated, but I'm handcuffed while my car is searched against my consent.
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August 2002, Green Island, NY. Pulled over for reckless driving. Cop approaches my car with gun drawn. I'm definitely gonna get arrested.
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Huge car crash happens right in front of us. Cop tells me to go, so I go.
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Troy, NY. Maybe March 2003? Cop pulls me over for suspicion of DUI, even though I'm stone sober. He taps on my driver's window with his gun.
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November 2001, Groton, CT. I take a wrong turn trying to enter the Naval Base very early in the morning. I'm greeted by 4 US Marines' M-16s.
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July 1997. Willimantic, CT. I'm unlawfully detained by a police officer and interrogated in isolation for >3 hours. *For riding my bike.*
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Two times unlawfully detained. Three times weapons drawn on me. For doing *nothing wrong*. My one charge got expunged.
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So forgive me if I, someone who can't legally piss in two states, have been a little irrationally edgy with LEOs suggest poll watching.
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The cops in Upstate NY were notoriously corrupt, eventually a decades long FBI investigation happened and a bunch got fired/arrested.
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But now, win or lose, Trump has the police's support and whatever happens next month, I'm scared shitless.
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A campaign run without a shred of dignity or grace sure as shit isn't going to find any in defeat.
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