Today, I almost got arrested. The cops put me in handcuffs without searching me first and told me that I "matched" the description of a package thief. Turns out, I didn't even closely fit the description of the suspect. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was brutally tackled and detained by a group of people until the police arrived, because I fit the description of a wanted criminal who was featured on the news. This isn't the first time this has happened, and no style change I've tried has been able to avert it. FML
Today, I was at work when two sheriff's deputies walked in. They asked me my name and when I told them, they asked me to turn around and they cuffed me. They told me I was under arrest for robbery. Turns out I was mistakenly IDed, but now every one at my job thinks I'm an armed robber. FML
Today, I was pulled over because I looked like a possible suspect for a robbery. While searching me, the police's radio went off and the person on the other line said, "Possible suspect, 5'5", thin" - the officer stopped right then and murmured, "too short and fat" and walked back to his car. FML
Today, I was delivering a pizza but I got the address wrong. When I got to the house, I was surrounded by police and put in handcuffs at the door. Turns out the wrong address I went to resulted in me interfering with some sort of sting operation. FML
Today, while shopping, I was grabbed and dragged off to a security room with no warning. Apparently, the way I was dressed and walking was suspicious. FML
Today, I was stopped and searched by a cop, and he quickly found the bag of weed in my pocket. He didn't arrest or fine me, but he did confiscate my weed and told me to "get lost." Pretty sure I just got legally mugged. FML
Today, I was mugged. I saw a cop car in the aftermath and flagged it down. Unfortunately, when the cops stopped the mugger, he said he'd been running away because I tried to mug him. Apparently the fact that he was "well-dressed" and I wasn't means he was telling the truth. FML
Today, I got lost trying to find the hospital my sister was giving birth in. I stopped at a store to call my mom for directions. A cop pulled up beside me and knocked loudly on my window asking me to get out. The store had been robbed and I am now a suspect. FML
Today, I was once again mistaken for an escaped convict. I live near a women's correctional facility and apparently my nursing scrubs look a lot like their prisoners' uniforms. The cop made me late for work. FML
Today, I had the cops called on me for acting suspiciously. I was using a payphone. FML
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Top comments
Dave_Davington 35
Let me guess. You're black, right?
Boyufd 25
yeah
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Comments (11)
manb91uk 22
Sounds more like you got lucky if you ask me...
Dave_Davington 35
Let me guess. You're black, right?
Boyufd 25
yeah
Kristoffer 35
Yep that'll do it when cops can't see past race.
tounces7 28
That was my first thought too. **** this country sometimes.
NostalgiaFreak9 43
Just another day of being black in America.
RichardPencil 32
Actually, you did get arrested. You didn’t get charged nor detained.
alycion 39
No, it was detained. You still get your fights read at that point while they investigate. Though unless if they thought he was going to run, there was no reason to cuff him. I’ve been detained both with and without cuffs. Once was an asshole state trooper with nothing better to do who wasn’t thrilled to find out I worked in news. The other was google mixing up email accounts. A girl was missing and the email account used was a few characters off from one used inside my house. We were all detained and questioned until they were able to confirm the misinformation. Once you are under arrest, you are going in. Detained they can still release you.
PenguinPal3017 19
There should be a commercial saying that men deserve to be treated with more respect. You deserve better.
Soonsgirl01 5
you must be black....