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You lead an interesting life. Your comment reminded me how curious it is that some people tend to have regular (yearly-ish?) clashes with police and the crimin

• mschuster91 9y ago
  Well. There are factors that increase your risk of dealing with cops: 1) being non white (or, not the same skin color/ethnical background as the majority population) 2) being in any way "non-conforming to mainstream" - e.g. wearing dreads, "gangsta clothing", looking like a punk or basically anything that makes you stand out. Cops always go for those looking different than the mass when they're bored.
  • dsfyu404ed 9y ago
    The longer your history the more the cops will treat you like a criminal during even the most trivial interactions. Due to the large amount of discretion they have the more scrutiny you get the more likely you are to wind up with a lengthier criminal history. Old men who have an (irrelevant) DUI from the '70s on their history get asked if they've been drinking when they roll a 4-way stop on their way to church on Sunday morning.
• tcj_phx 9y ago
  The police officer who arrested me was almost apologetic: it was 6 of them against me, and he had to do something.