panhead
Well-Known Member
Cops are no better , they do what they want no matter weather its right or wrong with no thought of the true intent of their state laws , & we pay their sorry asses to twist the laws where their the gestapo , cops dont sound too different than your definition of a criminal .
Laws are not the issue or the intent of this discussion , ofcourse we need laws its the proper enforcement of the law that is in question .
Im glad you mentioned the 70's period , America is brainwashed where the 1960's were supposed to be this magic era in American history when in reality it was an era of extreme police misconduct .
I grew up in a predominantly black area of Detroit known as the Cass ave Corridor, my dad bought his 1st home there because it was beautiful & cheaper than white areas ,durring the riots in the 60's i was at ground zero everyday & saw police beat protesters half to death , i saw people get attacked by 120 lb german Sheppards that do 3x the damage as a pit bull , i saw cops tear gas anybody & everybody , i was maybe 12 yrs old so i didnt get the beatings but i did get sprayed with a water cannon where the pressure was so high it feels like boiling water , the 60's for me was a time where i started hating police .
Then the 70's came & change was happening everywhere including my neighborhood, police were acting nice twords black & white people , even hippys like you & me , i had not had a haircut since i was 10 so my hair was waist length & nobody cared , i got caught with drugs & just had to pour them on the ground , one time i was busted right after scoring a large supply where i had an oz of prerolled $1 joints , a full sheet of blotter acid & a log of opium , enough to get me 20 yrs nowdays but i just had to give it to the cops & they let me go , i had cops help me change a tire in the 70's & i cant remember ever showing ID to a cop , i really thought change & equality was happening in the 70's & would get better as time went by , i was horribly wrong .
My 1st real bust was for Manufacturing a controled substance ( growing mj ) where i did 2 yrs , when i came out cops had adapted a new approach where everybody was ID'd & searched , pulled over without cause & you went to jail for anything no matter how small , the progress leo made in the 70's was replaced with agressive public interaction .
My 2nd felony conviction & prison sentence was for Attempted Murder & i got a 15 to life sentence, the appellate court overturned my conviction & found me guilty of Strong Arm Robbery & i did 2.5 yrs on that , even though my violent crime was to beat the hell outta the guy who mugged my wife & me at gunpoint i couldnt get the sentence reduced further or expunged from my record because i took his gun & robbed him after beating him down .
When i got out the 2nd time i found cops called the Big 4 who were just looking for an excuse to fuck you up , they used my convictions as the reason to pull us over in the incident involving my wife & mother where i was stomped so bad they broke bones & got resisting arrest charge that nearly violated my parole & woulda sent me back to prison .
Since i took that muggers 25 cal when i thrashed him my origional conviction included firearms charges that got thrown out , that matters not to police , once charged it follows you the rest of your life , now when cops read my plates it comes back as Violent offender , possibly armed , approach with extreme caution , thats the excuse they need to draw weapons at every confrontation , its also their excuse for use of force in restraining me , if i get pulled over for a broken tail light its at gunpoint where im held until the back up arrives , then its out of the car & on my belly then a cop gives me the knee to the back even though i or my wife ends up pleading with them that my backs been broken & has steel rods in it , no matter i still get the hard take down .
Then im " Detained for the cops saftey " until they run my name thru the national database where i come up as a known associate of organized crime because my brother belongs to the Outlaws Mc , this gives reason for my wife to be detained & her & the car searched as well , most times i wait an hour or longer while the drug dog goes over the car , then i get a fix it ticket & get released .
My wife has a Concealed weapon permit & they use it as a reason to pull us over as well , their excuse is to make sure she isnt violating the law where i have no access to her weapons .
Ive been pulled over before at our place in Bloomfield Hills as i was pulling in my driveway while riding my Panhead , reason given was an ID check to make sure i lived at the property , deciphered as wtf is a piece of shit like me doing in a neighborhood with multi million dollar homes , we have an automatic gate at the driveway where a garage door opener opens the gate , as they drove on my property the gate started closing automatically & damaged their car , the cops used that as a reason to charge me with Fleeing & eluding Arrest & Willful destruction of state property , the real ball breaker was they also charged me with attempted assault on a police officer cause the iron gate could of hurt them , needless to say i was arrested & my bike impounded even though they never hit their lights initiating a traffic stop & is how i beat the charges .
That episode cost me thousands in legal fees & another 3 grand having our front gate rebuilt , all over me looking out of place .
The whole point of my post was to comment on your remark about how you looked in the 70's , which imo was the best time in America for police interaction with the pubilc & to point out the reasons why we are targeted by police so heavily , i have not commited a felony in nearly 40 yrs yet they still use my past as a reason to profile me & their dept heads allways back their decision.
I wish these kids here had a chance to interact with a neighborhood foot patrol cop from 1975 , they'd shit at how friendly they were & where they'd stop just to chat & be friendly , they dont know there was something better yrs back so most just accept what we know have for police , then anoint blame on me for having felony convictions or a brother in a bike club , the citizen must have done something wrong is the attitude most have & it makes me sad .
Remember how we all had rolling trays & would use the flap on Zig Zags to clean our weed , the seeds would be rolling down the tray like an avalanche, scrape , scrape , scrape 