Respectfully, were only hearing one side of the story here; that of the young man who was pulled over. Perhaps his car matched the description of a vehicle involved in a crime in the area, or maybe his just happened to be the only vehicle on the road in an area where a crime had just been reported. His description of the officer tailing him might just be his own perception of a police car driving behind him. Clearly there are good cops and bad cops, but I tend to think that the majority of them are trying their best to do a good job and truly have the best interest of the community at heart. I believe that is why PPD notified APD of the possible sexual assault of a child that they discovered while investigating EA for the AK of CM. I am sorry to hear of others bad experiences with police in the past, and I understand how that may shape perceptions. One bad cop makes the job harder for all of the good ones. JMO
My bad experience was when I was young but was very scared and it would have been nice for LE to take more interest in what had just happened to me.
I put myself in a very vulnerable position in the presence of an opportunist. I had been drinking and dancing with the guy who I knew nothing about.
The same thing we're not supposed to do on WS, the police did to me. They looked at me and practically said what did you expect might happen!
Now that I'm older I agree I took a big, stupid risk and if I'd been raped or killed I wouldn't have deserved it but I put myself in the most vulnerable position that night.
Since this happened, I've not had many encounters with LE.
The few contacts I've had, unknowingly made an illegal turn once and when my kid dialed 911 because I insisted he take a shower before going to school (elementary), were respectable - lol!
About the young man's experience, did you notice LE wasn't patrolling an area where he was supposed to be?
Why would his first question be to ask the driver if he had anything illegal with him in his car? Has it come to where everyone is expected to be driving around with drugs or a gun?
Anyway, the incident was weird and nothing came of it - just put a bad taste in the kid's mouth and didn't promote respect for law enforcement (from my perspective and observation).
Tailing might not have been an accurate description because the drive is from point A to B and is virtually a straight line until a right turn into our neighborhood.
The Cop was driving too close for too long for no good reason and didn't belong there in the first place.
I probably wouldn't have even known that myself!
LE never looked at anyone seriously as a suspect after seeing EA on tape with CM and last known person to be seen with CM.... AND PP and SB's statement to LE as to EA's mood when he left the apartment
