When I was young... they used to question me all the time. Random questioning and taking of information. It was some sort of program in my area. I heard about the "program" years later. They get young people's info. But if you didn't act like an ass... it wasn't a big deal. I never thought much about it until years later. So no big deal.
But, I had two bad ones:
I was just standing by a car in the parking lot... then a few cops come up to me all rude and nasty freaking out how I was trying to steal the car. They said that I was "checking doors." I wasn't! Just standing there. But it's crazy how in their mind they saw me "checking doors." Unless it's a trick they use... where they say "hey, I see you checking doors, boy!"
I said: "how could you have saw me when I wasn't. You are lying if you saw me... how can you see me doing what I wasn't doing?" "You are lying... you are lying." "I know you're lying... because I wasn't doing what you said you saw me doing."
Well... they didn't say anything and just left. So I guess there was nothing they could do. They were just fishing.
The same thing happened again on another occasion... only worse!!! I was sitting with my friend by a nice car. Next thing you know... an unmarked car comes barreling down the street; and at least 5 or 6 cops in full uniform come flying out. Rough us up... yelling and screaming... throwing us up against the car... making us spread our legs... frisking us and giving us the shake down.
They were accusing us of trying to "steal" the car. We told them that we were just sitting. My friend was crying (we were 14). Anyway, they took our info. and told us they were going to call our parents. They let us go and never called our parents. And told us that we shouldn't be sitting in parking lots and to smarten up and not be out so late... plus we shouldn't be hanging out here... yada yada yaya...
This treatment by Police is one thing I don't miss about being young.
