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i'll try to keep my rant to a minimum.
the honolulu police department has caused me to lose respect for all law enforcement. i have no problems owning up to things i've done wrong. i feel targeted though. i've had nothing but bad experiences with police from the very first time i got pulled over. the cop walked up to the car and asked if i knew why i had been pulled over i said "no sir." his response was "don't call me sir. my name is officer (whateverhisnamewas)" he then pointed out that i looked nervous, like i had something to hide. he then asked me to get out and searched the whole car. for a 16 year old kid (im now 31) this was absolutely terrifying. when accelerating away from a stop light a little faster than the rest of the pack (without speeding) becomes "exhibition of speed", when my stock v6 exhaust sounds too loud and results in a fix it ticket that i have to go to court for, or the time i had to go to court to get a ticket thrown out for having my license plate looks less than a foot off the ground (the bottom was actually 13 1/2 inches away installed by the dealer) something needs to change. i've installed video cameras on the front, rear, and both sides of my car. most recently i got pulled over for running a red light. cop was making a big stink about it. i told him i was recording everything and that there was no way i had run the light. he still gave me the ticket obviously. i went to court and showed the judge the video the ticket got thrown out but the cop still won because i had to miss work to go to court missing out on my days pay. when i'm not the person doing any wrong my experiences are just as bad. a few years back my wifes car was broken into and a laptop was stolen. we had clear video from the parking garage of the event taking place. the police refused to take the video as evidence because "he's probably long gone". another time someone tried to steal my wifes bike. we caught the person in the act. we chased the person on foot even though the dispatcher we were on the phone with said not to. when the police finally caught up to us they refused to file a report telling my wife and i that we had a "happy ending" that we should consider ourselves "lucky because you got your bike back". we wanted to press charges but they ended up letting the person who stole the bike go because they didn't have time. they had to respond to a bar fight. when i was little i really believed police were the good guys. i viewed them as superheros. i've since learned the hard way that they're just normal people looking to earn a pay check and putting in the minimum amount of work they need to do not to get fired. i really did try to keep a positive attitude for the first 5 or 6 years of my life behind the wheel. it made no difference.
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