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Beebeeleen t1_j5u0maf wrote

Reply to comment by SqueakieDeekie in Are we still flashing the brights? by SqueakieDeekie

I'm Brown. I don't get "targeted." When I have been stopped it was for a valid reason. Don't break the law or drive with a broken etc or expired plates and you should be fine.

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SqueakieDeekie OP t1_j5u3cly wrote

Im glad to hear that you haven’t been unfairly targeted, however that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen to others.

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Beebeeleen t1_j5ufbkk wrote

I doubt that it ever happens save for rare ocassions. And I didn't mean haven't as in ever. Sure, as a teenager and young adult, I have been pulled over by cops (guns pointed to my head). But, those were cops responding to 187 at the dead of night in gang plagued areas of California. Unfortunately, I didn't look unsuspicious (dress, demeanor, etc) but I do understand that. They have a gruesome job to do and there are bad people out there.

As a responsible adult (who owns his errors and tries to avoid making them again), I rarely have been pulled over. When it happens, I was at fault.

If you're speeding, you're at fault. Try driving within the legal speed limit, it is better for everyone. Think about other people.

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SqueakieDeekie OP t1_j5uim75 wrote

It has happened frequently to me and to people I know unfortunately. One of my friends tried to file a complaint with the local chief of police and they said that in order to file a complaint against an officer you have to give the officer who you’re complaining about your name and address, and it is up to the chief if they want to pursue it further. Not a great system if you’re being targeted by a biased cop. A lot of times with these pull overs, they don’t give tickets so there’s no record and it doesn’t go into the police data. In RI there’s an officer bill of rights that protects them from pretty much anything.

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Beebeeleen t1_j5vik9x wrote

It brings me great displeasure to read about you and your friend's misfortune. I hope your complaints get handled with care but from the looks of it the whole process appears very muddled and difficult to navigate with any form of earnest fact finding.

Hope you stay ok.

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