I Fought the Law

Jesus broke the law. So did George Washington. You did, too, and we want to hear about it.

I Fought the Law
uPick

Just looking for directions

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A few winters ago, me and a buddy were leaving a get together his boss was having for a football playoff game in Virginia (we're from Maryland). Unfortunately his boss lived in a very large, brand new neighboorhood which didn't show up on his GPS. Driving hopelessly lost for a good 30 minutes, we spotted a cop car parked on the road seemingly taking a break. Since neither of us had been drinken, we figured our best option was to ask the officer for some directions. We pulled up, explained our situation and just as the cop is about to help us out his partner mutters something then steps out of the passenger side with his flashlight blaring on us. The partner explains to us that their had been a burglary in the neighboorhood and asks if we knew anything about us. Apparently our explanation of "if we had just robbed a house the last thing we'd be doing is asking for directions from a cop," didn't float with him. Fast forward an hour later, three more police cruisers and us sitting calmly in the car refusing to let them search the vehicle. Eventually my buddy has the smart idea to start insinuating that this was an act racial profiling, he's Persian, it wasn't too much of a stretch. The cops out of fear of not wantting to be on the 6 o'clock news promptly sent us on our way, without directions...

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