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The police might make it vague. Though when the media gets wind of something truly "not fitting" and then find out the weapon, they have a field trip with it. "Woman attacks police with a banana: Police shoots her dead!" To be honest, I've read of such incident and the cops are a bit annoyed...

That is so interesting, kittyworker! I had no idea. And I can imagine that the media coverage would leave this part out and making it look like a well deserved arrest and like this person is insane, when actually, the law covers his rights to do so. But even without this --- I can imagine...

The thing is, the quantity in the blood does not matter. Studies proved it. Unlike alcohol, where the amount found on the breath or the blood would mean that the driver would be affected the same regardless of how old or young or how much he usually drinks -- meaning, the amount found is an...

I did not hear of this before. It's interesting, and what Kittyworker says makes the most sense.Though that could cause confusion among the cops themselves, right? If they make false reports. Also, a waste of time, too.

I think people are very naive if they think that anyone who is a victim of police brutality "must have looked for it". It's a common bias, the "the world is fair" bias that makes us think that victims somehow had a hand to play in their situation and that it makes that they somehow deserved it...

Like Shimus mentioned: a lot of phones send the data right away into the cloud once it is filmed. Without people filming crimes and altercations with the police, we would not have so many proofs of police brutality and malconduct, either. The only thing I don't agree with is releasing videos...

I agree with people advising on not answering what seems to you to be irrelevant. I think that even if you are not arrested, you can tell police that you don't have to answer that, respectfully. You don't want to give them any ground to stay longer and ask more questions!

To be honest, it might make them more slow, but marijuana also make people hyper-aware in an almost paranoid sort of way. Also, the more used someone is to it, the less it affects the abilities. Not saying people should drive while stoned, just noting that studies have shown variable results...

Mugshots look cool for movies and art project but in real life... I mean. A *passport* picture will make you look bad, even if you have the time to make your hair and skin look nice and you get it taken by a professional. A mugshot picture? How does it even have a chance to make you look...

You know what? I'm going to go ahead and say I don't really care. I get that we should have empathy and not go overboard. I get we should not make general statements. I get that a job might be stressful. But if your job is going to have such a huge influence on people -- and for cops, that is...

Weird story. You'd expect that if the girls were sleeping and woke up during the fondling (how else would they even know they were being fondled??), then they would at least be able to determine a few things about the criminal -- if only the way they sneaked out! As it is, it's just weird. A...

From the explanations I heard from cops about shooting to disable vs shooting right in the chest, they say that shooting is usually a last resort and that you shoot to stop the threat and that the abdomen/chest is the most sensible target, since it's hard to shoot a moving subject and even more...

I always wondered -- is it really a free place for the night? I was under the impression that you had to pay bail before getting out, because it's not a "free hotel" or anything. I also think prostitution should become legal. That would lead to the women being safer -- from policemen included.

I think the lady who checks for parking are not truly cops where I live. If they count, they would be the last ones I interacted with, as our car stood in an illegal place, but we had battery problems so she let us be. The last "real" cop I talked to was in Cologne, a very nice guy who was...

I am against, completely against. Death penalty has made no positive difference in the time it was the norm, and it's not like the states who still have it have a lesser criminal rate or anything. There have been ton of cases where the executed "criminal" turned out to be innocent. I don't think...

Hahha for someone living in the middle of nowhere, I really wish I could just "go out into New York" whenever I would be bored! XD

I have this also -- usually, when I refresh the page, even if the "Post quick reply" button was still spinning, my answer is there. I also had no luck with the "Edit" button -- it just does not work ! That is, in Firefox. I then tried the site on Explorer (I know, right?) and the site answered...

Think of something you always wanted to learn/ achieve. Then work towards that, it'll keep you busy and make you grow. Boredom can be a force to push yourself to be more productive and creative. Use it. Learn to carve wood or to program apps; learn a new language or a new subject; work on a...

An innocent man in jail is the proof that the state has not the necessary foresight and capacity to rule fairly; it's an abuse of power in a way, and it takes away time of people's life, sometimes ruining many of their relationships and opportunities, and there's nothing that can fix that. An...

Short answer: no, not really. If they look at me really intently, that might make me feel paranoid. But their mere presence does not really stress me. Like someone else mentioned, it might even be nice. In places where I feel uneasy, like in train stations or in the streets at night, seeing cops...