Sonic Youth Gossip - Police Harassment

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Originally Posted by Glice

Right. The point I was trying to make is that if you're not breaking the law, you've got nothing to worry about. Further, I've been stopped by police while carrying what could've amounted to 20 years in prison. Thanks to talking politely, staying calm and not acting in a juvenile I didn't end up getting searched, and so on.

I don't know American police, but over here they only hassle you if you give them grief.

Obviously you don't know american police, so why don't you chill out with your billy bad ass routine and listen to my testimony about them. I PRAY that the US get a bunch of ninny one-times like they got in the UK, but americans are far to attached to guns and brute force to go for it, so we get a bunch of nazis for police. around here the police are the biggest gangsters on the street putting in the most work, doing the most dirt..

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Originally Posted by Glice

Psh. Come over here and act hard, internet boy. Oh yeah. I'll show you bad. I'll show you bad so hard you'll be shitting Jackson.

Edit: to slowly.

who is acting hard asshole? What, do you think I am bragging about all this bullshit? Fuck no, I WISH these fuckers would just leave me alone. I don't ask for this trouble, I-man no want it. I just want to live my life and do my thing..

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Originally Posted by floatingslowly

ps: I smile at cops. they (the good ones at least) can smell yr "omg I'm totally going to get busted" fear.

I don't do a thing to get this disrespect. If I was breaking laws, don't you think I would be going to jail all the time? Its called harassment for a reason.. they harass you exactly BECAUSE you are NOT EVEN breaking any laws, so they can't just bust you. When they bust you, they are actually much cooler with you than when they harass you, cuz they already got you when yr busted.

I roll cool with cops, treat them like normal dudes on the street, cuz I run into them so frequently I have a rather large deal of experience so I kinda know how to run with it..
(AND GLICE, PLEASE DON'T THINK I AM TRYING TO INTERNET BANG HERE WITH THIS STATEMENT, I AM NOT TRYING TO ACT HARD CUZ I DEAL WITH THE COPS A LOT, JUST TELLING LIKE IT IS, I AM ACTUALLY QUITE THE OPPOSITE OF HARD, RATHER I AM JUST RATHER STREET WISE, HOWEVER DON'T MISTAKE THAT FOR BEING SOFT)

I get harassed, stopped, placed in hand cuffs, ran for warrants, shit talked to, and then let go as I said, at least once a month. I am just taking the bus, riding the train, hanging out at the store, strolling the block, getting some lunch, and this morning, walking down the hall at MY WORK on CAMPUS looking 9to5 legit.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for all this harassment other than that cops in LA are fucking pricks. It is not a racial, class, criminal or anything like that.. They simply FUCK WITH EVERYBODY out here in LA, even peoples' momma got a story to tell..