Re: Just for discussion.

[RTS <gafa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/23/2020 8:09 AM, ABLE1 wrote:
> On 7/22/2020 10:30 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> On 7/21/2020 8:35 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 5:31:27 PM UTC-4, ABLE1 wrote:
>>>> On 7/21/2020 4:13 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yep.  They can and will although usually you only hear about it in an
>>>>> interrogation.  Sometimes they will do it to try and get you to doubt
>>>>> your own memory.  "Oh, I've been with the department since 19xx,
>>>>> and no
>>>>> officer by that name ever existed.  Certainly not at the rank and
>>>>> position you claim."Â  No shit.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob,
>>>> Hmmmmmmm sounds like you were on the wrong end of the stick.
>>>> And you remember it well!! Sorry to hear.  It is too bad that
>>>> kind of stuff has to happen.
>>>>
>>>> But, then again it is unlikely it will never change given the condition
>>>> of the human psychic.  We can wish for better, doesn't mean we will
>>>> ever
>>>> get it.  Years ago I had purchased some furniture from a guy I worked
>>>> with.  Found out later that he was arrested for property theft.
>>>>
>>>> I reported to State Police that I had two pieces and wanted to get them
>>>> out of my apartment.  Was asked by the officer on the case to come to
>>>> the police barracks to make the report.  Turns out that two detectives
>>>> started to imply that I was involved in the theft or I should have
>>>> known
>>>> the furniture was hot because of the low price that paid. It was about
>>>> time my button got pushed.  I gave them a piece of my mind, demanded
>>>> that they get the furniture removed from my apartment and walked out.
>>>> I ended up calling again in two weeks and told the detective that if
>>>> the
>>>> stuff was not picked up that day I was going to put it out in the
>>>> parking lot and they can come by at any time to get it.  He was there
>>>> within the hour.  Ended up as a witness for the prosecution and had to
>>>> sit outside the courtroom for 3 days counting bricks on the wall. '763'
>>>> He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge or something.  Huge PITA!!!
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I remember it well!!
>>>>
>>>> As well as a very few other police moments in my life.
>>>> Some I won, some not so much.  All minor issues.
>>>> As I understand the "statutes of limitations" have expired.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Les
>>>
>>> When I was a kid I did a lot of bad stuff. But ---- I was always good
>>> at covering my ass so I wouldn't get caught. And I mean some REALLY
>>> bad and dangerous stuff.
>>>
>>> However the one time I did have a run in with the law ( and I may
>>> have mentioned it here before) was about 20/25 years ago.
>>>
>>> Had a customer who's store front window was broken in -- in the
>>> middle of the night. He responded and stayed at the store until
>>> morning. He called the glazer and me. Wanted me to be on standby to
>>> refoil the window after the glass was installed. Well, the glazer
>>> didn't show up until about 6PM so there I am at 9PM at night with
>>> keys to the store, rewiring and installing the foil. My van is parked
>>> right at the curb and front entrance to the store. So --- I'm going
>>> in and out of the store to the van for parts and tools and locking up
>>> everything because 4 stores down the block is a Dominos pizza with a
>>> bunch of teenagers making a lot of noise and raising hell.
>>>
>>> So, I needed a hacksaw from the van. I unlocked the store front door,
>>> walked directly to the van, opened the side door, climb in and going
>>> through my tool basket looking for my hacksaw and the kids go running
>>> by the van, banging on the side and hooting and hollering and try to
>>> slide the door shut on me. I back out of the van and stand there
>>> looking at them to see what their next move is going to be. So the
>>> biggest one a little taller than me, with purple hair and pierced
>>> eyebrow, walks up to me followed by the other 4 pushes me on the
>>> shoulder and asks me "What do you think YOUR"RE going to do?". At
>>> which point I rapped him in the head 4 or 5 times with the hacksaw.
>>> He WAS lucky in one respect that I didn't come out to the van for a
>>> hammer.
>>>
>>> Here's where I made the mistake. I should have called the cops but
>>> after I hit him they ran away down the street. I thought it was over
>>> with. But THEY called the cops. When the cops showed up they spoke to
>>> the kids first and I have no idea what they told them. The cops then
>>> asked me what happened and then went back to the patrol car. Shortly
>>> after that, another patrol car showed up and the first one took off.
>>> The second cops came in to the store saw what I was working on and in
>>> the alarm business and said that they were supposed to take me into
>>> custody since it was a case of assault. I told them what happened and
>>> It was pretty obvious that I didn't just take a mind to attack 5
>>> teeagers with a hacksow. So they just gave me a summons to appear.
>>> Come to find out the purple hair kids father was a cop. So I'm
>>> guessing that the cops in the first patrol car knew his father, and
>>> just told the second cops to arrest me.
>>> I had to pay $5k to an attorney and got off with a warning. I know
>>> the judge knew what had happened. (almost lost my pistol license too)
>>> I looked for the kid at the pizza place for a long time afterwards
>>> but never did see him again. It turned out to be a good thing for
>>> both of us.
>>> Lucky kid and lucky me.
>>> Next time I would have gotten a much longer sentence.
>>>
>>
>> One time out at the lake (dirt road) a buddy of mine was leaving
>> pulling his boat.  If he was doing 10 MPH at the time it would be an
>> exaggeration.  He had pulled off the side of the road, and eased
>> towards the middle to pass some pedestrians.  In the other direction a
>> small car came drifting around the hill side.  Full on drifting out in
>> the middle of the road.  It was a pretty long sweeping turn so he had
>> to be cooking.  He just raked all the way down the side of my buddies
>> truck and boat and then spun out coming to a stop.  The first cop who
>> responded in plane clothes.  Said they were both at fault, so he could
>> write up a report, write them both a ticket, or they could just go
>> home and each let their own insurance handle it.
>>
>> I walked out, paced off the center line of the road and then walked
>> the ruts (yes ruts) left from drifting, and said really load so
>> everybody within yelling distance could hear me, "The kid must be
>> related to somebody because he was probably drifting at over 100 miles
>> per hour when he cross the center line and hit (my buddy's) vehicle.
>> (My buddy) wasn't even over the center line."Â  That cop looked at me.
>> He face showed fear and then hatred as I walked to my truck and said,
>> "You tell that punk to keep his wreck off the road until I get out of
>> here.  I can't afford to replace my truck and boat at my own expense
>> because the cops refuse write him up for criminal speed."
>>
>> Later I asked my buddy and sure enough the cop bullied him into
>> leaving without an accident report under a threat of a false ticket
>> for being over the center line.  I saw it happen and I knew better.
>> The evidence was clear as day on the road.  You could clearly see the
>> drift marks from the car even after several other vehicles had driven
>> over them.
>>
>> $80K truck with every surface on drivers side smashed or crushed.
>> (brand new that year)  Boat totaled.  Maybe $30K.  Cop refuses to
>> write an accident report and shows fear on face when somebody says
>> something about it.
>
>
> That was just plain nasty to say the least!!  I can't top that
> but here is one story that comes to mind.
>
> Back in 1967 after returning home from my military time half way around
> the world with the US Navy, I was visiting a friend in town.
> I was driving a 56 Ford.  When I was leaving I bumped the car behind me
> getting out of the parking space. No big deal, I continued home.  After
> about 15 minutes, I received a call from the person I was visiting.  She
> asked if I had hit a car when I was leaving.  I said, yes, I bumped the
> car behind me??  She well the Cops are looking for you!!  I said, I will
> be right there.  I got there and sure enough the car behind me was I
> believe a Chevy Nova and had Aluminum Bumpers. My Ford had steel
> vertical bumperets.  Needless to say it left a dent in the bumper upon a
> minor bump.
>
> I told the owner, who I also knew, that I would take care of it!!
> Cop came over and asked for my information.  Told him that I will
> take care of the damage since it was my fault.  He then said, I will
> have to report this as "leaving the scene of an accident".  WHAT?!?!
>
> I went to court and explained the situation to the Judge. Who after
> deliberation of about 40 milliseconds dropped the gavel and said,
> "THREE MONTHS SUSPENSION".      I then realized that I was made
> an example of since they actually caught one this time.
>
> Les
>
   know that feeling,
When I was a L.E.O.  i caught a kid with 5 lbs of pot, took him in, did
all the paper work.. turned him over to the detectives.  next day
found him out selling again..
Checked with detectives as to why?  they told me they had to let him
go,  cause........  he was cousin to the Attorney General of the State..
(who later became the Governor of that state....)

no example for him,    just a get out of jail card...
Never knew what he turned into later in life but I do know his uncle
was a first class horse's ass.......

about like some of those we see in the news today....
--

*Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.*