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originally posted by: KawRider9
a reply to: machineintelligence
Same thing happened to me. I locked myself out and had to climb through a window to get back in. Someone saw me and called the police. As I'm sipping a beer watching the tv, three cop cars show up and start screaming at me to come out with my hands up.
I did and explained what happened, showed my ID and all was well.
I've had the cops come to my house several times. Every single time it's because of some busy body stuck their noses where it doesn't belong.
As for the story in the OP, I don't believe we are getting the whole story. Why would a locksmith open the door for someone that didn't belong there? The neighbor watched the homeowner AND the locksmith and called the cops? How does that even work? You call 911 and tell the dispatcher that there's a locksmith and calm lady breaking into a home and they rush in with guns drawn? Something is VERY fishy with this story.
Sounds like another "walking while black" fabrication. Keep up the divide people. This ONLY happens to people of color. SMH!
originally posted by: Annee
Santa Monica is an odd place. There's a real mix of everything.
It's "friendly" to the homeless. Both in ideaology and location.
I'd say calling on suspicious activity was the right thing to do.
My question: was it handled correctly by police? Something seems missing in this story.
They asked me why I hadn’t come outside shouting, “I LIVE HERE.”
originally posted by: Kester
a reply to: machineintelligence
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They asked me why I hadn’t come outside shouting, “I LIVE HERE.”
There we have it folks. Whenever a power mad crazy cop tries to outrank you on this shared planet of ours just shout, "I LIVE HERE!"
When they find it's a false alarm they want to blame it on the way you reacted to their aggression. How about blaming the idiots who call in something they don't understand as if they do understand. Usually these people are guilty of something themselves and want to point the finger at someone else.
Yes, great the cops showed up. Great someone cared enough to report a scene they interpreted as suspicious. But when you realise you were a fool, you apologise and leave. Only a worthless piece of garbage then goes on to blame it on the innocent party not shouting, "I LIVE HERE!"
"I had never looked down the barrel of a gun or at the face of a man with a loaded weapon pointed at me. In his eyes, I saw fear and anger."
Let's get this absolutely straight here. The excuse for a cop who was pointing a gun at her while showing the body language of a snivelling coward afterwards said she should have shouted at him. Who's trying to get an opportunity for a gratuitous killing here? Some cops are satanists and just want the opportunity for a random human sacrifice.
My sentiments exactly.
originally posted by: roadgravel
A shame that the good neighbor watching out for his neighbor doesn't know who his neighbor actually is.