Stopped by the Feds

[airportparking]

Well last night I experienced something that I hadn't for at least 10 years, got pulled over in town at night by under cover police, I have to say although it started off a bit nasty it ended well enough

And then I read this and thort has it happened to anyone on here?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293635/A-...

My stop started off similar to this guy and similar circumstances , ie brown face flash car etc, and in London of course

[vz-r_dave]

It is unfortunate that these underlying issues still exist, I do however have a story from my brother who is white which reminds me of this.

He had pulled on to a dual carriageway and was pulled over. He asked the copper why he had been pulled over and they stated that they had followed him for 5 miles along the dual carriageway. Apparently he had been driving dangerously. He stated that he had just entered it off the slip road and why they stated 5 miles. They would not go back on their statement. It ended with the policeman walking away with no apology or excuse. He had done no wrong and his driving was in the limits of the law.

I do not think this is a racism/prejudice issue, it is an issue with the way the force is trained. If I were a copper I would not see a flash car driven within limits of law any different if it were a black or white driver. How are these officers trained, who are their peers? It is a cultural problem which will continue until the training addresses this problem.

[Caulkhead]

airportparking said:

Well last night I experienced something that I hadn't for at least 10 years, got pulled over in town at night by under cover police, I have to say although it started off a bit nasty it ended well enough

And then I read this and thort has it happened to anyone on here?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293635/A-...

My stop started off similar to this guy and similar circumstances , ie brown face flash car etc, and in London of course

Yes, if I as a white man get pulled over by the police and they are impolite it's because the coppers just finished dealing with an idiot or are late for dinner or is going through a divorce. If you do it's definitely because they are racists. Or possibly because you call them 'feds'.

[Grovsie26]

Daily Mail.

nuff said lol.

[lindrup119]

Grovsie26 said:

Daily Mail.

nuff said lol.

+1

[airportparking]

Well my view used to be like a few as above, now I'm not so sure, daily mail of course should be taken with a pinch of salt, but anyone who thinks there is NO problem has clearly got their head in the sand, as admittedly I once did

[fjord]

http://www.cracked.com/funny-6484-the-daily-mail/

[Pothole]

airportparking said:

Well last night I experienced something that I hadn't for at least 10 years, got pulled over in town at night by under cover police, I have to say although it started off a bit nasty it ended well enough

And then I read this and thort has it happened to anyone on here?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293635/A-...

My stop started off similar to this guy and similar circumstances , ie brown face flash car etc, and in London of course

Feds? Undercover Police? (thort?) Who was it, the FBI or some 'undercover' police?

Or do you just mean Police officers in plain clothes and/or in an unmarked car?

[fartIN'ajar]

I've been stopped by the police a number of times for no reason, so they must be racist.

[hairykrishna]

The car in the Mail article was an A5. That's a 'flash' car?

I'm white. I've been pulled over by the police a few times. The vast majority of the time they've been fine. On one occasion they were total aholes. I think the mood and the general personality of the officers concerned has far more of a bearing on the treatment you receive than what colour you happen to be.

[crostonian]

They are just doing their job based on crime statistics

[Egbert Nobacon]

http://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8

Helpful tips here .....

[NotDave]

fartIN'ajar said:

I've been stopped by the police a number of times for no reason, so they must be racist.

Likewise. Once simply because I "looked to young to be driving a Rover" and another time simply because I left a pub at 1am... Which I worked at.

[ED209]

"The Damascene moment came as I drove home to Kingston-upon-Thames after seeing A Chorus Line at a London theatre. Settling back into the driving seat of my £36,000 black Audi A5, I was happily humming a tune from the show"

Irrespective of race he sounds like a right arse.

[obob]

Pothole said:

Feds? Undercover Police? (thort?) Who was it, the FBI or some 'undercover' police?

Or do you just mean Police officers in plain clothes and/or in an unmarked car?

Oh no he used some slang, quick call the rozzers.

[TheHeretic]

Caulkhead said:

airportparking said:

Well last night I experienced something that I hadn't for at least 10 years, got pulled over in town at night by under cover police, I have to say although it started off a bit nasty it ended well enough

And then I read this and thort has it happened to anyone on here?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293635/A-...

My stop started off similar to this guy and similar circumstances , ie brown face flash car etc, and in London of course

Yes, if I as a white man get pulled over by the police and they are impolite it's because the coppers just finished dealing with an idiot or are late for dinner or is going through a divorce. If you do it's definitely because they are racists. Or possibly because you call them 'feds'.

That all seems a bit scripted, to me. Presumably he can demand to see the dash cam footage?

[Graham]

typical is it cos i aint white bullst....

some feds are just as arsey when they pull a white bloke, but you cant pull the race card to complain about it.

some feds are racist, some sexist, some homophobic, some just hate everyone, oddly just like the rest of society.

when I was a youngster back in the dark ages, I drove a distinctive flash motor at 17 and got pulled at least once a week, just for a checkover. were they usually arsey and abrupt yep... a non white mate of mine got pulled twice in 6 months and had a community representative on the tv complaining about racisim.


is it cos i is ( some some random colour or sexuality) NO.

HTH

[BrownBottle]

Been stopped a few times myself, at one point repeatedly because they were looking for someone with the same car as me. Some Policemen can be aholes, maybe had a bad day or whatever, same as everyone else.

It's so easy for blacks etc. to claim the race card, getting old really.

[Caulkhead]

airportparking said:

Well my view used to be like a few as above, now I'm not so sure, daily mail of course should be taken with a pinch of salt, but anyone who thinks there is NO problem has clearly got their head in the sand, as admittedly I once did

If you think one example in many years is a reasonable sample to base your opinion on, then go ahead but it's as daft as reading that muslims represent a far higher proportion of the prison population than they do the general population and concluding that muslims tend to be crminals.

[Caulkhead]

TheHeretic said:

Caulkhead said:

airportparking said:

Well last night I experienced something that I hadn't for at least 10 years, got pulled over in town at night by under cover police, I have to say although it started off a bit nasty it ended well enough

And then I read this and thort has it happened to anyone on here?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293635/A-...

My stop started off similar to this guy and similar circumstances , ie brown face flash car etc, and in London of course

Yes, if I as a white man get pulled over by the police and they are impolite it's because the coppers just finished dealing with an idiot or are late for dinner or is going through a divorce. If you do it's definitely because they are racists. Or possibly because you call them 'feds'.

That all seems a bit scripted, to me. Presumably he can demand to see the dash cam footage?

The 'feds' keep all their dashcam footage in the Skynet computer in area 51 so it's quite hard to get a copy.