i've always been fascinated how american cops just erupt into chaos whenever something did't go how they wanted it to, despite not telling the person what they wanted them to do.

and then be confused why people anre't following orders when shouting conflicting commands from 3 different officers with a dog barking uncontrollably in the background.

thank god the police takes itself more seriously where i live.

Step away from the vehicle

Get back in the vehicle

Slowly get out of the vehicle

Do the things I say, I'm a cop

Giving you contradictory orders is standard operating procedure whenever cops need an excuse to abuse or kill you:

Cop1: "Get on the ground!"

Cop2: "Don't move!"

Cop1: "I SAID GET ON THE GROUND!"

Cop2: "I SAID DON'T F*CKING MOVE!"

But hey, you were being "uncooperative" and that's what the record will show, even though it's literally impossible to follow both orders at the same time.

I just need to check inside ya asshole

bAcK tHe BlUe

I want to kick all those damn signs down.

You know that kid who everyone wanted to punch but didn't because his big brother was everyone else's big brothers drug dealer?

That's cops.

Audit the audit

Oh god, I didn't need to see this today. Last night I watched a woman (who was sitting quietly, not causing trouble) be tackled and handcuffed by a security guard inside the bus station. His reasoning was she'd been there too long. The asshole guard called the cops, and it just escalated from there. There's more to the story, I'm just too angry still to get into more detail. Anyway, in the end, they took her in, and I can't stop wondering where she is now.

Sorry for the wall of text, I just needed to get it off my chest. I only recently moved to the city from a small, quiet suburb, so I'd never seen this kind of thing firsthand before. It sucked. I wanted to say or do something, but I just stayed feet and watched, bc it seemed like anything I could do would only make the situation worse. It was the same kind of helplessness I used to feel growing up with an abusive parent.

After the cops left, everybody in the station just kind of stood there and shared a collective sick sigh at how wrong the whole thing was. I love my city to death, but I have to wonder, how do people cope with seeing things like this? What do you do with it?

Pick up that can

"I just need to know who I'm speaking to"

Stop speaking to me and that resolves itself