a parapalegic friend was searched by the cops the other day

[matthewmunari]

Originally Posted by my_scatterheart

I'm sure they searched him simply because he was in a wheelchair.
Suspicious shit, wheelchairs are.



Seriously though, I'm with Mafoo, there's more to this, I'm sure.

i had a friend im a wheelchair, he used to keep ALL kinds of contraband in there, points, all necessarry items needed for fixing. His name is Tim, and he's a profesional pan handler...he had an injury which left his legs useless, so one of his many scams would be to load up his wheel chair with allthe bagged items items, and s l o w l y walk the people to their car, making a big deal about traffic in a parking lot like "holdin his hand up motioning for the few oncoming cars to stop" while the patrons just want to get him out of their hair...but by this point, Tim had become the "unofficial" security guard for the parking lot, and patrons thought he actually worked for whatever store he was helping the customers out from...in hindsight, it was actually a pretty decent little scam, cause the wheelchair (and you could tell something was wrong with his lower extremeties, kinda like my hand, but worse)...he had a charming personality too, he was quick as a whip, but on the down side, he was a homeless heroin addict,and you guys are correct, he would keep his works on his person...bad move....in vegas its illegal to posses a syringe /out a prescription......i have a few of those tickets..its embarassing tho when u go to court, and your case gets called..even tho i am VERY physically disabled, the judge asked me if i had a legitamate use for the syringe, i said, "Well your honor you look nice today (she's a georgeous black female judge)and yes i do have a legitamate use, i was holding it for a friend etc. hhah, no dice, i got fined $100

[my_scatterheart]

Originally Posted by matthewmunari

if your referring to me, im not in a wheel chair, i walk with a cane...

Nope. If you can remember back to the beginning of this thread that you so kindly hijacked, this was about a man in a wheelchair.

[matthewmunari]

Originally Posted by my_scatterheart

Nope. If you can remember back to the beginning of this thread that you so kindly hijacked, this was about a man in a wheelchair.

my apologies....

mafoo asked me to expound on my story, so i just responded...not intentionally "jacking" this thread...

[GratefulDead]

Search Warrant 0_o

[my_scatterheart]

Originally Posted by matthewmunari

my apologies....

mafoo asked me to expound on my story, so i just responded...not intentionally "jacking" this thread...

No apologies necessary sir...just clarifying

[AlteredStateGrl]

Originally Posted by matthewmunari

what a dickhead insensitive pig.....im in a similar situation, where my hand is paralyzed closed, stuck, i got stopped by pigs, they said open your hand, i told them i couldnt, then they got physical w/ me

I don't know how physical they got. How did they know you weren't hiding something? I'm guessing by physical, they tried to open your hand. When they realized you were telling the truth they...

Originally Posted by matthewmunari

felt like assholes and apologised ad nauseum.....

So, they realized they were in the wrong huh? Even felt bad for it? They apologized man, and it sounded like them meant it.

Originally Posted by matthewmunari

ive seen the same 2 pigs twice in the last 2 months and now theyre all "hey matt how are ya" ...bwah....dicks i hate cops..

After the fact, they're trying to be kind to you, since they know they weren't the first time.

And you still have the mentality of "bwah....dicks" towards them.

That's why I say you're the one who sounded like the dickhead in that story. Not uncalled for at all. Call me what you like for my thoughts on that whole story but that's my response.

[verklingen]

you didn't say he sounded like a dickhead you said he was the ONLY dickhead.

Originally Posted by asg

I don't know how physical they got.

none of us do other than matt, but what could a disabled man have been hiding that requires the use of force? you really think that's not dickheadish, or at least think that it's less dickheadish than matt choosing to hold the episode against them?

what are you basing that conclusion on? you kind of gloss over and seem to question matt's account of their first encounter (if not the event itself, at least it's severity), but you have full faith in his description of their apology and continuing amicability. like i said you can think whatever you like about matt and his reaction, but to consider him the "bad guy," even with all things considered, seems a bit disingenuous.

[matthewmunari]

actually no, the 2nd time i saw the police officers was the day my grandfather committed suicide on the side of our house, and one female officer was VERY NICE to me, and i let her know how much i appreciated the way she treated me with respect, the only attitude I have towards police officers is built in rage from the fact they NEVER tried to apprehend the person who tried to murder me, they figured "oh he's just another drug addict, he deserves whatever he gets"....thats what the female officer told me was probably the case in my situation...all in all, i understand we definitely need policefor order and crime prevention, its when they stop acting like human beings underneath the badge is when I begin to have a problem

[zoltron]

I live in 1 of those retirement/golf communities, where you see more golf carts on the road than automobiles. We have no business district, no convenience stores, 0% crime....BUT we have 10 police officers, a brand new cop station, brand new cop cars...the whole 9 yards.
We even got a brand new cop airplane...check it out:

[aft3rsh0kk]

Originally Posted by seattle420

an undercover cop just walked up to my friend in the park, and he went through his bags, looking for pot
he cant use his arms or his legs the guy didn't even ask and then the cop took his brass pipe and left, what do you think of that? should he sue ?

the cop doesn't have the right to search someone in a park especially one who is in a wheelchair, so what if he gets high, it's no big deal, mos people would be glad that a guy in a wheelchair get to get high in the park.

thats fucked up

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and to the hijacked side of the thread, fuck them dirty pigsters

[AlteredStateGrl]

Originally Posted by verklingen

like i said you can think whatever you like about matt and his reaction

I will, and always do.

As far as you seeing me as disingenious, think whatever you'd like.


( it has taken me forever to do this response, I'm posting from my Wii for the first time ...grrr to my computer atm!!)

[stoneric]

Originally Posted by matthewmunari

actually no, the 2nd time i saw the police officers was the day my grandfather committed suicide on the side of our house, and one female officer was VERY NICE to me, and i let her know how much i appreciated the way she treated me with respect, the only attitude I have towards police officers is built in rage from the fact they NEVER tried to apprehend the person who tried to murder me, they figured "oh he's just another drug addict, he deserves whatever he gets"....thats what the female officer told me was probably the case in my situation...all in all, i understand we definitely need policefor order and crime prevention, its when they stop acting like human beings underneath the badge is when I begin to have a problem

I don't know if you mean the police officers didn't try to apprehend the person who tried to kill you at the scene of the crime or not. If not, police officers don't do detective work so your angst should be directed elsewhere.

[matthewmunari]

Originally Posted by stoneric

I don't know if you mean the police officers didn't try to apprehend the person who tried to kill you at the scene of the crime or not. If not, police officers don't do detective work so your angst should be directed elsewhere.

i dropped this discussion........