Yeah I wasn't accusing anyone, just wanted to mention it because I see it so much. I know what you mean about the cops. There's a couple that I like, one of them is a friend of mine and a member here, but for those couple that I like, there are thousands of power hungry assholes that became cops because they got picked on so much as kids, and they want to take out there misery on anyone that crosses their path. I know there are a lot of good ones out there, and they work hard to keep us safe,and I REALLY appreciate all of the good things that they do. But my experience here in Louisiana, especially with the older cops that I know, has been that cops get involved in the politics, and they forget that they're still cops.
When I was in high school, I was driving a mistubishi because someone wrecked my other car and it was available for my price range. Well I finally saved up enough money and found an absolutely BEAUTIFUL nova that I wanted to buy, had a 383 stroker in it. Much more my style than a 4 year old mitsubishi mirage. I worked out a deal with the car lot because they wanted to trade me for my car, because it was in such good condition. So I get it all cleaned up and do all the paperwork, and wait for the day to go by at school. Well I had to meet with a teacher after class (go figure) and when I got out to the parking lot, the whole side of my car was bashed in. The trade in value was shot, and I didn't have 2500 to go fix it real quick and then make the deal. Anyway, had to save up for about a year because of some prick. When I saw the damage, I called the police to report it, knowing that the person would be parked in the parking lot the next day with red paint all over their bumper and fender. The cop rode up on his motor cycle, handed me a piece of paper to fill out for the insurance company (didn't have full coverage, couldn't afford it in high school), and rode off saying he couldn't do anything in a parking lot.
A few years later, I had a really nice 98 Dodge half ton pickup that I was giving the hot rod treatment to. It was painted flat black, lowered about 8 inches in total with tires and suspension. Had a nice cam in it, set of headers, mopar performance intake manifold, mopar performance heads. Anyway, I had a party at my house on night and for a reason that is still unknown, after the party a kid came back and broke out the windows of my truck and put a few small dents in it. I had just inherited it after Dad passed away. In fact, he put the lowering kit on and the heads. Anyway, I was crushed. I found out who it was, filed a police report, and went downtown to get some action taken. Of course, being into hot rods I knew that the kid had just made one of the biggest mistakes of his life. I went to a few boddy shops that my buddies own and got some 12,000 estimates to fix the truck. In court, I claimed that the truck could not be totaled out because of sentimental value so I wanted to keep it. The judge gave the guy the option of admitting his guilt and paying full restitution, or going to trial on those and several other charges where he would eventually get some serious time. It took him a few years paying 300 a month, and then he stopped paying. I called the DA and told him to lock the SOB up if he wasn't going to pay, and I got a check for the last $4,000 2 weeks ago. Moral of the story, you mess with my rides and you will get hurt, rather it's financially, or me having to hunt down your family members with heavy artillery. lol j/k.or am i?
