Police are essential to a thriving city. They protect citizens and maintain order, I get it. But I can’t help being a little irked by the Napoleon complex a lot of them have. They walk around and talk like they run it, what with their authority, guns, and shiny badges. I’m always up for bringing them down a peg or two, usually by being a smart ass (a stinging joke about donuts, or the Village People, perhaps?).
As long as you don’t do something wrong, they can’t do anything to you, right? The problem is, there are a number of laws – a lot of them so minor – on which they could get us on the hook. Try being followed by police on a long stretch of road – there’s a good chance they’ll have a reason to give you a ticket for something.
I get angry because it seems like the police can get you anytime they want, for whatever reason, no matter how slight. There’s nothing you can do about it. If there’s a law and you break it, you pay the consequences. I’m not saying that what the police do is wrong. I’m just saying it annoys me that they have that power, which they can apply as fickly as they want.
Yeah, I know I can be a prick when it comes to popos. But, really, don’t you think they’re the pricks a lot of the time??
P.S. This post is dedicated to Officer Bernal, who gave me a ticket today for “following too closely.” He at first said he would let me off with a warning, but then decided to give me a ticket when I said things like “Did you find any dirt?” and “I’m a future lawyer, better luck next time” when he ran my license through a check for any arrests or probation violations. What a sensitive guy. He must’ve been mad because he was late to the…YMCA. Har har har.
