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I'm a cyclist, and one of the big cycle equipment blogs is DCRainmaker. He ran a story about a run-in with some Australian cops while on a ride that is just mi
by ubermonkey 9y ago
I'm a cyclist, and one of the big cycle equipment blogs is DCRainmaker.
He ran a story about a run-in with some Australian cops while on a ride that is just mind-blowing in how different it is from similar run-ins with American police.
See here:
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/03/getting-pulled-over-by-five-police-vehicles-while-riding-our-bikes.html https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/03/getting-pulled-over-by-f...
- creep 9y agoThat was very pleasant.
- ImaCake 9y agoGreat to see some anecdotes to support my gut feelings on this! I am amazed that Americans would consider this pleasant police behaviour. As an Australian, I consider this unnecessary and heavy handed, although it gives me more than a little pride that the cops were able to admit to being wrong.
- ubermonkey 9y agoThe stop was absolutely unnecessary, heavy-handed, and very "American." What made is shockingly, unbelievably different is the email at the end where the cop admits his was wrong. That would never happen here.