"Morlock" <temPorarily0utoforDer@coldmail.com> wrote in message
news:YjG9b.6296$vX3.832995@wards.force9.net...
> Steve wrote:
> >> In message <CeG3b.1445$4L1.270832@wards.force9.net>, Morlock
> >> <temPorarily0utoforDer@coldmail.com> writes
> >>>
> >>> So under what circumstances do you think someone 'deserves' to be
> >>> dragged down a subway and beaten with a truncheon by a police
> >>> officer?
> >>
> > That didn't actually happen though did it ?
>
> No, but the threat itself was a criminal offence.
>
> > Unless I've missed something you were
> > *only* threatened with a beating. And you still
> > haven't revealed what you did/said to provoke that reaction.
>
> *Only* being threatened to be beaten up by a police officer is very
> frightening, particularly because, had I fought back in self-defence I
would
> have been seriously in the shit, I would've had to take a beating.
>
> My friend and I were driving across town in seperate vehicles, I was
> following her. Stupidly, the journey turned into a bit of a cat and mouse
> run and as i stated elsewhere, I was driving erratically. The unmarked
Golf
> pulled us both over, one officer went to each car. The officer came to my
> car with baton drawn and said, "Do you know her?", I replied, "No", and
> within a second said, "Actually, yes I do", (I did not want her to get
into
> trouble).
>
> I got out of the car and stood on the side of the road, out of earshot of
my
> friend and the other officer, whilst they each questioned us. One officer
> checked up the vehicles and ID's we gave on the radio, which were in
order,
> and the one with a baton in my face stated "If you lie to the police
again,
> I will take you down that subway and kick the shit out of you", end of
> story, they let us go. I continued the journey in a state of shock,
feeling
> extremely vulnerable.
>
> For the record, I have never been arrested in my life, so am not a known
> criminal.

Obviously I'm surprised at the officers reaction although I know that
observing vehicles being driven in a manner that might cause death/injury is
something that tends to piss officers off. Sounds to me like a case "red
mist". I wonder how long they'd been following you for the officer to get
that worked up. It's no excuse though of course.