Some 15 years ago, a white woman backed her car into my wife's brand new 2000 Eclipse that looks like the one below. The woman told her that her husband was a lawyer and that she will cover the damages on her own and there was no need to call the police. Now because on most cases, I do the right thing, I advised my wife to call the police so she can have a police report. When the police came, he verbally reprimanded my wife for calling the police. My wife thought he was taking sides with the white woman. It turned out that I had to wait until after the 30 days had elapsed before Geico authorized the repairs since they could not reach the woman for her report. Without that police report, we would have only the story of a woman who did not keep her word and a police officer who we should have trusted her word (maybe because she is white). We always felt that the Pembroke Pines as well as Miramar and Hollywood police departments are racist. That said, I am not willing to join the frenzy against the police department because in more times than not, I can put my safety in police officers than in some of the criminals they kill. There is damage on each side and it will get worse before it gets better. And the Politicians are guilty of stoking the fire.

Wow. Thats unbelievable. Black and Brown people are treated unfairly in America by cops sometimes, But I think this sounds like a political  move by Bahamas. 

ksazma posted:

Some 15 years ago, a white woman backed her car into my wife's brand new 2000 Eclipse that looks like the one below. The woman told her that her husband was a lawyer and that she will cover the damages on her own and there was no need to call the police. Now because on most cases, I do the right thing, I advised my wife to call the police so she can have a police report. When the police came, he verbally reprimanded my wife for calling the police. My wife thought he was taking sides with the white woman. It turned out that I had to wait until after the 30 days had elapsed before Geico authorized the repairs since they could not reach the woman for her report. Without that police report, we would have only the story of a woman who did not keep her word and a police officer who we should have trusted her word (maybe because she is white). We always felt that the Pembroke Pines as well as Miramar and Hollywood police departments are racist. That said, I am not willing to join the frenzy against the police department because in more times than not, I can put my safety in police officers than in some of the criminals they kill. There is damage on each side and it will get worse before it gets better. And the Politicians are guilty of stoking the fire.

Lucky for your wife she isn't black, or she might have been slammed on the car, bodily frisked, and then told to get lost.

And this from a man whose salary she would be paying with her taxes.

ksazma posted:

Some 15 years ago, a white woman backed her car into my wife's brand new 2000 Eclipse that looks like the one below. The woman told her that her husband was a lawyer and that she will cover the damages on her own and there was no need to call the police. Now because on most cases, I do the right thing, I advised my wife to call the police so she can have a police report. When the police came, he verbally reprimanded my wife for calling the police. My wife thought he was taking sides with the white woman. It turned out that I had to wait until after the 30 days had elapsed before Geico authorized the repairs since they could not reach the woman for her report. Without that police report, we would have only the story of a woman who did not keep her word and a police officer who we should have trusted her word (maybe because she is white). We always felt that the Pembroke Pines as well as Miramar and Hollywood police departments are racist. That said, I am not willing to join the frenzy against the police department because in more times than not, I can put my safety in police officers than in some of the criminals they kill. There is damage on each side and it will get worse before it gets better. And the Politicians are guilty of stoking the fire.

Nice car, is it 5-speed!!

When will  Granger put out warning to Indian men around its police force?

Cobra posted:

When will  Granger put out warning to Indian men around its police force?

And at what point have Indian men been killed by police men? They were more interested in killing young black men at the orders of the PPP when they were in power.

caribny posted:

Lucky for your wife she isn't black, or she might have been slammed on the car, bodily frisked, and then told to get lost.

And this from a man whose salary she would be paying with her taxes.

Admittedly blacks are treated worse than Indians by the police. It is a shame that some police sworn to protect and serve behave that way.

ba$eman posted:

ksazma posted:

 

Nice car, is it 5-speed!!

This is a picture from the web. Ours was automatic with sportronics.  We don't have it anymore. We bought it in the fall of 2000 but traded in in for the 4Runner in early 2003 when my wife took my Avalon since the Eclipse was unsuitable for her during her pregnancy. I didn't like such a small car so went for the 4Runner. My wife continued driving the Avalon until she got the Beemer in 2006 which she still has. I still have the 4Runner because I live it and plan to not change it until car makers come to their senses and abandon those ugly bulby headlights (as well as tail ones) that they are using now. But that was indeed a really nice Eclipse.

ksazma posted:

caribny posted:

Lucky for your wife she isn't black, or she might have been slammed on the car, bodily frisked, and then told to get lost.

And this from a man whose salary she would be paying with her taxes.

Admittedly blacks are treated worse than Indians by the police. It is a shame that some police sworn to protect and serve behave that way.

In Guyana the Backs take the place of White police and KKK in America and the Indians take the place of Blacks in America!  It seems every society needs their "punching bag"!!