Do you beleive the police can "have it in for someone"?

Roy S

Regretably the police seems to be persecuting easy, safe targets which is ruining their standing in the community.
They really need to concentrate on drunks, vandels, muggers, burglars and offenses against the person in general - but then these may fight back rather than send money AND there is nowhere to lock them up now!
I think police should be responsible for making good any losses or injuries suffered by people from their wages.
That would wake them up!
RoyS

bob b

Yes and didn't need a long story to think so

Dava

Most definitely, they're all ex yahoo violation staff.

mizz.squitz

One of the top most things you should avoid at all costs is upsetting the plods. One line lyric from a very famous group- I fought the law, and the law won- The Clash.

chingasos

tell this guy to go to school and get a job then, he shouldnt be wandering the streets that late anyways

lil' boy blue

i believe anyone can 'have it in' for any one else

d0wnward.spiral

the police have it in for anybody they think they can get away with messing with, i advice anyone with this problem to know the law to the fullest extent, and challenge authority legally, you have to let them know you won't be harassed and let them know you know the law, they don't mess with me, becasue i do this regularly never give them a reason to arrest you either, walk the line, but don't cross it.

Actually I had a friend that was stalked by several city police officers continuously after he pissed them off. He was arrested for public drunkeness by them and he filed complaints against them for some things he alledged they did. However our boss and coworkers actually watched these cops follow him when he left the office. Our boss had enough and called the state police which pulled them over one day and ended this stalking. Now that is a rare thing. I have lots of police office friends and they are very upstanding people. There are bad apples everywhere.

Jim G

cops hold grudges and give certain people more attention and hassles

HokiePaul

Yes!

They are called criminals :)

Spiny Norman

The police are far from perfect, but I would say most are straight and honest ordinary people. I think when they get together and start to run the station rather than work for the public, it all goes corrupt. It's then they start to look for easy pickings and try to frame the easy targets to get the numbers up. But the moral is stay out of trouble, because once you get on their books your life can be made a misery. You have no comeback because you have a past conviction and sometimes you can be victimised as a result. My advice, put a complaint in writing to the station concerned and send a copy to your MP.

Stâ™¥rmy Skye

oh, yes, NO doubt.

shylow777

yes,especially in smaller communitys ???

JohnH(UK)

Sometimes the police know a lot more than you do. They will let the 'Perp' know that they are on his 'case' and hopefully prevent further crime being committed. Criminals will call it harrassment but, law abiding citizens(the majority) see it as keeping the criminal minded at bay. However, I am not saying there are no mistakes.

Barking mad

You have heard this from one person, and suddenly believe the police are stalking him. What do the police say about this, there are two sides to every story.
In one way he is lucky to see so many police, I have not seen a cop around my area for months.

davie

Yes I believe that they 'can have it in for someone'

It's a sad state of affairs but I do not trust the Police

jeanimus

I know it goes on. I used to go out with a west Indian guy and every time he was out he would get pulled over by the police because once he had been caught with some weed. They never stopped him when we were out together, but every time when he was on his own at night. No witnesses eh?

OLD SPIT

Lady, i am gonna tell you this just one time: obey the law! police are just like everybody else. hey are just putting in their hours and going home to sleep. that is how they pay the bills. it is a job to earn a living. you friend might just be pulling the wool over your eyes. that is often the problem. you weren't there.

Lady T.

They have some people killed?

JAYEUNG RHYU

especially if you're female

mnm313

I have a lot of officers in my family and I can tell you that they (some) can and DO act this way from time to time. It's horrible, isn't it? Now there are good cops out there. The ones in my family are some of the good ones, thankfully! But there are the bad ones who just let the power go to their heads and use it to pick on people. Not much that can be done about it unless it is constant and proven...which is very hard to do because they all stand behind one another. I hope your friend is successful in straightening his life out even with the constant harrassment.

RobbinATL

There is such thing as Karma Police... You get what's coming to you.... Although he may be straightening his life out now... He is paying for some of the past mistakes he has made. Your reputation follows you everywhere and it's harder than anything to change... Harder to change than old habits...

If this guy is from a small town, especially, cops will "have it in for someone". They are trying to make their quota and they know who the "bad guys" are. They don't really know what life is like on the other side of the law or how seriously arrests can affect people's lives... They are just doing there jobs.

In my opinion, police are given ENTIRELY too much authority... You talk sideways at a police officer and he can arrest you. It doesn't seem fair... But obviously this guy you know still has run ins with the law--for reasons you aren't really sure of.

Point is--I wouldn't believe what anyone tells you about the situation. I would remove myself, if I were you, because if you are seen with that guy than the police will know you... And whether you like it or not... they have the upper hand in most everything they do and they are usually gonna be trusted in the end, by the law and most people because they are there to serve the people.

Doug

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

darkdiva

I think most are on power trips. Then of course, there are the ones who are cowards--those are the ones who shoot people in the back because they are trying to runaway or claim that 75-year old women are coming at them with a weapon and they could not subdue her so they had to shoot.

ScreaminJock

Police are the lowest of the low, everyone of them think they are above the law they are meant to uphold. I have no time for the lying bullies, wouldnt piddle on them if they are on fire

Police are human with human behavoiral patterns. The worst part is they only need a high school education. So they may be prone to uneducated human behavoir. ~

*****

Indeed this goes on, more than police deparments would admit to. There are rogue cops in every department, which need to be rooted out and punished.

jacqueleigh1975

I think they pick on one with money cause they to scared to go to poor country areas..

gorglin

Get him into a psych programme instead, as the damage
is just going to get worse, and the Police do have a right
to arrest you if they think that you are being drunk and
disorderly, or even for other things, he must already
have a record, get him some psych help instead.......................

Do not blame the Police they have a job to do out there............

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