ice cube said it best folks; "@#%^ tha police."
for those of you who may or may not remember, a few months back i got removed from my job at a school nearby, ostensibly because of something i had posted or said over facebook that was inappropriate.
well, flash back to about a month ago, where i got a letter from the LAPD (thats los angeles police dept.) asking me to call them in regards to a "poice" report.
thats right, the police department mispelled police. and this typo, well, it was the LEAST of the errors on this letter.
but apparently the detective i had to call was actually a real person (i had my doubts, given the, shall we say, unprofessionalism of the letter) and apparently worked for the sexual assault unit (no, i didnt do anything). and earlier today i finally managed to talk to her, after a few weeks of some engaging phone tag.
turns out, shes a ***** and the police, well, they suck (no offense to any officers who may read this). according to this detective, what i apparently allegedly did was send a message to a girl at the school talking about how i was drunk, lonely, and wanted company or some such bullsh*t. im not sure, it all could be a lie, because according to a lawyer friend of mine, THE POLICE DONT HAVE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH! yeah, thats right, they will lie, cheat, and sometimes even steal (in the form of illegal search and seizure, which is permissable in administrative court) in order to "get" someone. everything you say can and will be used against you, always, every time.
in the words of my lawyer friend, "it's never helpful to help the police."
im going to wax philosophic here for a moment and ask...what...the....fuck....happened to "innocent until proven guilty?"
not only was this detective particularly...hostile...to me, but when i asked her for a copy of this "evidence" she basically told me to stfu and gtfo, but in slightly nicer words (something about trusting me as far as she could throw me). when i tried to present a counterpoint (i.e. if this facebook message is real, it could have been done by someone posing as me...it takes all of five minutes to find a picture on facebook and make a new account pretending to be someone) she shut me down, accusing me of saying she's stupid and warning me that i wasnt in trouble now, but if i continued i *would* be in trouble.
and these people are supposed to protect and serve? @#%^ that sh*t man. and @#%^ tha police.
so there you have it folks; let this be a warning to you....never trust the police, at least the LAPD. my hope is that, elsewhere, there are honorable officers who actually uphold the ideals they have sworn too, who try to do good policework instead of using subterfuge and verbal browbeating in an attempt to get someone to say something you can "get" them on.
sorry to hijack the happy-go-luckiness thats happening here, but im suitably angry at this, and i just had to get it out. i doubt ill sleep tonight.
so maz, uh, hows life over in your neck of the woods? any overzealous law enforcement officers trying to make a name for themselves or anything? i dont know any foreign languages, but im a quick study!
Edited, Dec 2nd 2009 1:35am by Quor