One of my favorite stories my dad tells, is about the day mom was giving birth to my brother. Back then, my parents lived quite a ways from the city, so it was a long drive to the hospital that could handle childbirths. Mom's in labor, so dad's got her in the the car, and is speeding down the highway doing a good 40-50KPH over the limit at least, blowing through the tiny... Read More »
Search and Siezure
When I was 16, I was walking home one night from my girlfriend's (at the time) like any other night. Now, as a teen, I had a shaved head, but that's as far as it goes for me looking like "a bad ass". I was super straight edge. I got to the corner across the street from my apartment, and I was waiting patiently at the light to cross, when all of a sudden I hear the wailers and see flashing lights coming in my direction. Two cops get out of their car, tell me to come over and proceed to start hassling me. Given where I lived (tantamount to gang territory) and the fact that I was a teen out past 11PM, this was annoying, but not a huge surprise. The first question they asked me was "where am I going?" I said home. They asked where home is, and I could point to my window from where I was standing. That wasn't good enough. They decided they were going to demand that I "empty my pockets on the hood of the car". I refused, at which point they accused me of having something to hide. But what they didn't know was that I was taking classes in Canadian law at my high school, and had already covered the section on statutes on search and seizure and probable cause. So I told them flat out: "Give me your badge number, and I'll empty my pockets. And, when you find nothing there, I'll be down at your station tomorrow with a lawyer and I won't leave until I have your job because I gave you no probable cause to stop me, let alone undergo a search and seizure of my personal belongings. And if you don't like it, fuck off". Needless to say, they got back in their car and told me to go home. And I did, smiling.
I was once pulled over for driving on the carpool lane by myself, but the cop didn't know I was receiving road-head from my girlfriend and he asked where she came from. I looked him in the eyes gave him somewhat of a signal and there was an awkward pause. He stepped back and said "Drive safely now."
So, I was in a closed park in the middle of the night, just on my way out, when a police car drives past the park. I didn't think they saw me and started to climb over the fence. When I am halfway over I noticed that the police car had stopped a 100 meter down the road, and as I continue my way down from the fence, the car starts to back. I quickly hide myself behind a... Read More »
A number of years ago I thought it would be nice to take my martial arts class outside to the park to train. We had been there for a little over an hour when it began to get dark. It was then a Police cruiser drover over the curb and straight into the park, flashing his lights and turned on his roof spotlight; aiming it at us. I quickly, but calmly walked over to the cruiser... Read More »
So about eight or nine of us were out on my third story roof at school one of the last nights, drinking, smoking and chilling. Some cops were rolling down the alley behind our house when a bottle, (not from any of us) shattered in their direction. Immediately there were spotlights on the roof while the cops yelled rational things like "Which one of you shits threw a... Read More »
I am in the pep band at my college and after this year's conference tournament we were having a party in one of the hotel rooms. It was mostly band kids on our floor, the cheerleaders had gone out and we checked with the GAs next door to make sure they were okay with everything (and invite them over for a beer.) At about 2 a.m, party in full swing we hear a knock on the door... Read More »


