So I got stopped by the police today which certainly hasn't happened in quite some time. So to fill in the details it happened just after
10 in the morning while I was on my way to an appointment when these two guys
stopped me, I don’t live in the nicest place so I was wondering if this whole
situation was going to go south but the men identified themselves as police
officers (plain clothed seemed weird but whatever).
They had a lot of questions including:
·
Where are you going (remember it is 10 in the morning)
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Where are you coming from?
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Where do you live?
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How long have you lived there?
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Do you have documents on you to prove you live
there?
I felt that this was more than a lot of prying especially as
they hadn’t given me a reason to stop me and didn’t stop anyone else who passed
while we were talking. They also treated me like a threat all the way through
speaking to me with one in front of me and one off to my side so I could not
see both men at once. When I opened my messenger bag to get my notepad to take
their details the guy in front of me moved closer like I was going for a weapon
or something.
To be honest I had no plans on giving them any evidence
(bills etc.) to show my home that speaks way too much of the “Papers please”
nonsense that is best left out of any country claiming to be democratic and
free but when I pulled out my notepad there was a prescription slip in it that
they pretty much grabbed it off me. However, that was not enough for them and
they called in my details to have them checked out centrally. After that went
through they finally let me go on my way. No reason given for stopping me and
no receipt for the questioning (someone reminded me that I really should have
asked for one of those).
In case you ever get stopped by the police I added a couple
of links below that you might want to read through. Oh and I did make a complaint not sure if it will go anywhere but you have to register your grievance when people do something you think is wrong. That's all from me.
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