Sorry to hear about that. I'm not so naive as to think that it doesn't happen but as with all human endeavours, there are good and bad people involved. Fortunately, and I honestly believe this, the majority of cops are not like that but there are sure to be some.

Your situation is the type that gets blown off because of others who use DWB/DWH as an excuse. In my neck of the woods recently, a CHP officer was trying to arrest a Hispanic guy for DUI. The guy decided to fight and tried to get the cop's baton from him. There are witnesses to this. The officer shot and killed the guy in self-defense. Incidentally, about 2 years ago a cop was killed with is own baton out here. Anyway, now there are "witnesses" who claim that the cop was beating the guy for 20 minutes before shooting the guy. The family has hired an attorney and they are all over the news calling it a case of racial profiling. Race had nothing to do with the guy being under the influence and the population in that particular city is 99% Hispanic so how could you racially profile if everyone in that city is Hispanic? Anyway sorry for the rant but that story makes me think that when outrageous claims of racial profiling are made, it takes away the validity of situations like yours, at least in some people's minds. See also Congresswoman McKinney last week. People don't need another reason to dismiss othewise legitimate complaints.

You did the right thing by taking the high road. There is nothing to be gained by trying to get into it with a person like that.

__________________

AR: Good to read you "got off" from
the trumped up profiling deal and glad
you kept your cool.

I'm not anti-cop, but I've managed to
never need or want one, in 59 yrs on
the planet. Most come w/a 'tude, imo.
GL,md

__________________
Ol'UncleMotor
From the Home Base of Pro Bono Punditry
and 50 Cent Opins...

Our Mtn Scenes, Car Pics, and Road Trip Pics on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627297418250/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627332480833/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45275375@N00/

My X Page

Glad to hear that you did not get caught up in any of that BS that goes with being yanked for DWB. Maybe this trooper will note the files that you're "OK", but isn't even that idea more than a tad offensive?

By the way, y'all...don't refer to Alpine as "man"...show the lady some respect

JV

__________________
JV

What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know...it's what we know for sure that just ain't so

Sorry to hear about it sista but Welcome to the club, this is part of my daily routine now. It's funny to see now how many times i get pulled over every week. Even funnier the different treatment between me an my CEO driving. The rare times she gets pulled over 4 speeding, it's almost like an ass kissing game by the cops, she always gets away with a warning, but me.....

Glad you got off. Maybe he had a bad day also. Lets hope that's all it was. In any event i hope your day today will bring enjoyment and peace.

__________________
"What you hear in a great jazz band is the sound of democracy. “The jazz band works best when participation is shaped by intelligent communication.”
Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….

Sorry to hear. I have also been stopped for no reason and they ask questions like; where you coming from? what were you doing over there?
Are they allowed to ask these q's. I may be doing something private I don't want to tell.

It happens to my bro a lot too, he's in NYC, and a couple of years ago averaged getting pulled over once/twice per week for a month!

Thanks, JV!

BTW, I totally agree, and have a bunch of friends who are cops and are nothing like the ingrates who've pulled me over lately.

Alpine, have you have seen the movie "Crash"? I am really sorry about that--it will pass. I wonder if maybe there should be a cap on the amount of time a cop spends on the street before they are obliged to take a chill out sabbatical...maybe teaching elementary school or US Forest Service or civil defense. It's getting to the point where knowing your rights and defended them leads to a "resisting without violence" charge. And I swear cops all appear to be on steroids these days. In Florida, the FHP folks seem to be a lot more professional. I have a horrible cop experience (me, white, cop Dominican) which ended up with a settlement from the city, I can relate, but this whole thing of DWB has got to stop.

Incidentally, last night, a friend of ours who works for a member of Congress got pulled doing 98 in a 70. He got off with a warning. Hmmmm.

__________________

__________________
2003 3.0i White/Black 5 speed Manual.
Options: PP, SP, DSP, NAV, XENON.
Mods: Aluminum Running Boards, 4.6 Body Kit, 20" Style 132 Wheels, Eisenmann Sport Exhaust with Oval tips, Aluminum pedals, Xenonmatch Fogs, M3 Steering Wheel.

Can I have a sip of that HATERADE you're chuggin?