Because I was able to prove that I was on HRT and under a doctor's care all original charges were dropped. It did require a letter from my doctor as well as copies of my medical records. I did get a warning and a misdemeanor charge which was eligible to be expunged after 3 years which I had done back in Oct. of last year.
That still sucks ass. You're now on the "radar", so to speak, and you still have a criminal record (even though it was expunged, the arrest record is still out there and can be accessed by FAR TOO MANY assholes that shouldn't have the right to do so). It feels so much better when you can honestly say you've never been arrested, and it makes it so there's NO probable cause for any further delving by the cops when they cross your path.
Unfortunately, they've taken that away from you. It is totally fucked up. It is backwards. It is just plain WRONG.
In a State that is on the verge of bankruptcy, so much so that they have "Furlough Fridays, where teachers and State workers, with the exception of emergency employees (cops, firemen...), get every other Friday off without pay to cut cost and slow down (not stop or eliminate) the every growing debt, they can still manage to come up with the funds to crack down on middle age men getting treated with a naturally occurring hormone. I should have asked one of the cops, who is an active amateur competitive bodybuilder how he gets his gear.
Oh, but the cop is above the law. Just like the wealthy are above the law. Didn't you know?
Yes, it is absolutely infuriating. That's why I was surprised to see you in other threads, making arguments for the neoconservative bullshit that allows for this sort of thing to happen. It's all about focusing on the little guy while the scumbags engineer the system to pay fewer and fewer (and fewer yet) taxes, while the masses all turn on one another in desperation. Having a ridiculously overdone police presence is all part of that game.
I'm sorry, but for the cops to be spending resources, focusing an investigation on someone like you, it tells me one thing: THERE ARE TOO FUCKING MANY OF THEM, WITH TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS.