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hunter

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9. It's happened to me, more than forty years ago.

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 03:34 PM

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Sometimes the police are there to "protect and to serve." Sometimes they are not. I learned that as a kid.

I'd say most of the interactions I've had with the police have been lawful and professional, but the negative range from the inexcusable to full PTSD inducing horror.

I'm always surprised by people who reflexively side with the police or believe that everything is Mayberry R.F.D

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