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7/11/13

I feel very uncomfortable around police officers.  I have never been arrested, haven’t been pulled over in many years (knock on wood), and haven’t really had a personal negative interaction with police throughout most of my life.  I think it’s their complete and total power or control in a given situation.  I feel like they have the ability in a given moment to do whatever they choose, and create whatever reality they want, with no way to stop them as a citizen.  The only way to rectify an unfair situation, is to take it on the chin and then go through some process to try and appeal or rectify whatever may have happened.  I do not believe that police are inherently bad people and I do think they have a very hard job.  I have known a few people personally who were formally police officers and I get along with them very well.  I am always respectful to a policeman when I encounter one.  I don’t have a problem with the people who do the job, as much as what the job allows people to do.  I felt the same way in grade school about teachers and the school staff.  They were allowed to be condescending and rude with no accountability.  I remember I once disagreed with a science teacher on a topic, and asked to talk about it after class so I wouldn’t disrupt the other students.  The teacher had her aide meet with me, and then met with my mother to inform her that I was not capable of grasping basic scientific concepts.  Luckily my mom didn’t believe their side of the story was the entire story.  It ended up working out, but it was very frustrating to know that somebody who is supposed to be a mentor, can abuse this and try and create something that wasn’t really there.