Seeing a cop go by is fine. No problemo. He is after someone. But if one is driving behind me I get nervous. Do you get nervous too?.

SIGH. So you know what I mean kj. Sadly what you say is unfortunately true. It's funny when I was a little girl the police were the ones you would go to for help. They were there to protect you from harm. Then you grow and see that they often cause harm to others and skate. How many unarmed young black men have they murdered and not been punished. Carry a gun and it gives all the power you will ever need. Thank you for your reply.

You are so right RosieG, but I do think it was different when we were young, our local policemen were classed as the Bobbie on the Beat, they'd know most of the people in town, and they were their to fight crime and protect people.  Now, the polices job often puts making money above protecting the people, in the UK a burglary is not classed as urgent, they have four hours to attend, yet I see plenty of them sitting at the side of the road with their speed gun ready to serve people a ticket, it's all about making money now RosieG, after all they are corporations.  

Well, it is a fact that the black community are thought as less than, that is also linked to poverty, and no real direction.  I find that poverty lets rich people take your rights away. They do abuse their powers, which is why so many cases go to our Independent Police Complaints Commission unfortunately they are rarely held accountable.  I know a few ex-coppers, (decent people) they even admit the police are not the same as they use to be, that's why they ended up leaving, they didn't agree with the way the police were running themselves.

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I'm curious Sharon. How did marijuana join the discussion? It isn't in the question. It was not on my mind at all. Yet that is what you started with and finished with. Anyway once upon a time decades ago a friend offered me a puff or two. I was scared to death. I took one puff. Nothing happened. That's the only time I ever tried "weed". Too scared. I KNOW what alcohol can do. I DON"T KNOW what weed can do. So I never wanted to find out. That's my history with it. Different strokes. Now on the plus side I have read that marijuana is very effective in mitigating pain from cancer or AIDS or the like. I am a supporter of pain mitigation and if the pain were that great and a medical doctor prescribed it for me I would try it.  Elsewise I would never ever try it again. No need. Why open that can of worms? Thank you for your reply.

I would say she brought it up because a lot of the trouble people get into with police is from carrying drugs in their cars.  Like Sharon in the days when I used to get high (on whatever) I never got stopped nor was I ever busted.  And that was a number of years and from when I was driving through most of my 20s - over ten years.