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In reply to the discussion: What percentage of your interactions with police, over your lifetime, have been negative? [View all]Johnny2X2X
(19,416 posts)16. I'm very sorry you had to go through that
I have a very close friend who is gay and was beaten because of it and the police were completely dismissive at the hospital. This was in the 1990s, but it was completely ridiculous. When I spoke up the cop accused me of being his boyfriend who had probably been the one to beat him up and maybe they should arrest me. Nothing ever came of it, but today we would have filed a complaint, back then we were just two teens who didn't know any better and didn't want our parents to find out we were out that late in the city.
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What percentage of your interactions with police, over your lifetime, have been negative? [View all]
milestogo
Jun 2020
OP
I was the victim of a near fatal beating because I am gay. The police didn't do jack shit about it.
SoonerPride
Jun 2020
#1
My attack was in 1986, and in Oklahoma City, so of course they were unsympathetic creeps
SoonerPride
Jun 2020
#18
I tell all of my clients and all younger people I know that a conversation with a police officer is
MaryMagdaline
Jun 2020
#4
Never even approaching what POC experience, but reports of police abuse of women appears increasing
hlthe2b
Jun 2020
#6
When I was in high-school a cop caught me trying to sneak into a school dance
mokawanis
Jun 2020
#11
My mother, who is white, worked with a civil rights organization during the 60's.
lkinwi
Jun 2020
#19
I met a woman who was raped by a cop at a party in a small town where they both lived.
milestogo
Jun 2020
#29
Yup, the not so good interactions have increased with age. I try not to have any interactions. /nt
ARPad95
Jun 2020
#32