police brutality?
By lonewolfnan
@lonewolfnan (4366)
Canada
January 18, 2007 1:11am CST
Someone called the police yesterday with a story about someone in their house being chased by another who was carrying a gun.The police responded immediatley but when they arrived at the house,the person who made the call asked them to take their shoes off.She then asked them to leave,but they decided to search the house first.When they tried to leave,she blocked their way out and slammed the door.They had to take her down as she would not let them out.She explained she wanted their name or badge #'s as her carpet was now dirty.
She now wants an apology from the mayor,from the city council and from the police officers and department.
Do you think she deserves the apology??
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11 responses
@judyt00 (3497)
• Canada
18 Jan 07
No, she called and reported a dangerous situation. she hould be glad the police even showed up, in some neighbourhoods they don't for hours.I have the feeling that what she needs andis probably going to get is a vacation in a mental hospital. She wasn't actually acting sane when she tried to lock the police IN her house for not taking off their shoes.
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
18 Jan 07
No arguement from me.Can you see the police having to chase someone from the house but stopping to put their shoes back on??Give me a break!!Next she will do a frivolous las suit.
This happend near Vancouver,BC Canada,onThe 16 th of Jan.
@StarBright (2798)
• United States
18 Jan 07
My first response to this story? "This is utterly ridiculous!" "Policement take off your shoes so you can enter a house where a gunman may be lurking." Give me a f*!?ing break! When police get this kind of call, for the safety of everyone involved, they ask to inspect the house because the person who made the call may be speaking under duress. They were checking the house to be sure she was OK and not just saying what she was forced to say. For all they knew, they could have been walking into an ambush. So many officers are injured and even killed in cases just like this.
There are plenty of cases where I believe policemen are callous and use poor judgment. This is not one of them. This woman owes those officers an apology.
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
18 Jan 07
I wish i could give a better excuse as to why she did it,but when she blocked their way from leaving,they had to take hed down to remove her from the door so they could get out.This happened just outside Vancouver,BC Canada on the 16th of Jan.and shows how frivolous charges slow up crime invetigating.
By the way,she pi**ed me off.
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
19 Jan 07
I think they did that on the way to the call....
Of course she complained they did not get the order right.
@parthasarathi (446)
• India
19 Jan 07
these kind of people still exists?....duh.
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
20 Jan 07
I am afraid they still do exist in the world.What people won't do for money.
@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
19 Jan 07
Absolutly not! She was the on who had called them there and they came. She was also wrong by trying to block them and not let them leave. They were there for her and she turned this into something that it did not have to be. Police have to be very careful today as they have no idea what anybody is up to.
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
20 Jan 07
To me it almost seems like she was looking for a reason to try to sue the police or the city for money.
@rainyang (16)
• China
19 Jan 07
she should cooperate with the police for searching,but the police should first show their badge.before the police was not sure who that person was who called the police,and they broke into the woman's house without saying anything,it's so rule.just because they are police ,do they have the right to search anyone's house?if I were that woman, I would ask them for apology,even though they haven't dirtied my carpet.on the other hand,the woman should cooperate with the police,if they didn't find out anything,it's not late to request an apology.
@StarBright (2798)
• United States
19 Jan 07
Rainyang, did you read and understand the original post?
@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
20 Jan 07
rainyang,while I am not too sure what you are saying,I do agree with your making a stand on the topic.
I did think that someone showing up in a light-flashing car and coming up to her door and knocking on it (being dressed up as police officers and carrying the appropriare equipment)after having phoned the police,it would seem natural for me to presume these were,in fact,the officers I had just dialed 911 to get to my house.
@manodogs (415)
• United States
19 Jan 07
I think she should be forced to undergo psychiatric evaluation before anything else is done, period! She sounds like she has some sort of problem(s). If she doesn't, then let her do whatever she wants. I don't think she'll win any case based on that. I guess it's up to the policemen if they want to apologize to her or not, but if she's ill, then I don't think it would hurt.
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
19 Jan 07
This has all the makings of another frivolous lawsuit in the making...
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
19 Jan 07
that's utterly insane and ridiculous... asking a police to take their shoes off and lock them in her house... of course she does not deserve an apology... the police is just doing their job... may be she is the one who is going to be charged for obstructing with police's job...
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
19 Jan 07
The police have tried to play down what she did calling it a mistake,but they had to take her down to get out.
I think the police are being generous to her.
@awesomehorizons (884)
• United States
18 Jan 07
Actually since the police were called she should be thankful that they were there to protect her and not worry about her floor or her carpet.
She could have called the police station later on to complain and to find out if any compensation would be due to her, which I highly doubt she would be compensated anyway. She would have saved herself the problem of the police taking her down in the first place. Maybe the lady and the police both deserve an apology. However, she was obstructing justice.
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@AmberNormandin (883)
• United States
19 Jan 07
is this for real? she wants an apology over her carpet??? thats crazy!!! no she doesnt deserve an apology, she was being uncooperative and she is the one who called them in the first place!
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
19 Jan 07
She was on the news demanding an apology!You call the police but won't let them in(or out)?
@ajuramksalim (2)
• India
19 Jan 07
no she not 2 be given an apology,what she has done is 2 horrid.i cannot accept it in any wayyy
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
20 Jan 07
Thank you for taking the time to answer this and welcome to MyLot.
