Earlier tonight I headed over to my buddies apartment. I was going over there to pick up some dro and chill with him and his girlfriend. Soon after a bowl went around I walked out to the liquor store across the street. I was pickin up beer for them, cigs and a drink for myself. As I walked across the street a cop car passed by me and flashed his bright light my way. He sped up when he went by and then flipped a bitch, heading back towards me. When I realized the liquor store was closed I made my way back to the apatment complex as he came up behind me. He flashed his lights and once again shined his bright light at me. I held my hands up and approached his car to see what was going on. It was pretty fucking cold outside at this point, and my t-shirt and sandals didn't help. I was shaking due to the cold and nervous due to the dro. The officer asked me repeated questions lke; what I was doing by the store, what I was doing at the apartments, do I have any warrants, was I high? (yes), who I was seeing, etc. About 3-5 minutes into talking another cop car pulls up and two officers exit. "Standard procedure" he says. The officers picked up on my shaking and asked questions about it. I pointed at what I was wearing and told him I was freezing for the shaking. As for the nervousness, I asked him why I shouldn't be nervous with three police officers questioning me for no reason. When I asked him why I was stopped he told me it was because the store I was headed to had been robbed a night or two ago. As far as I know, I had nothing to do with it. Ten minutes pass and the questions become more irrelevant to the situation. They asked questions about my friends at the apartment, if we were smoking "dope", what they do, etc. I kept telling them that my friends had nothing to do with it but tried to be somewhat cooperative in order to avoid confrontation. My buddy deals quite an amount of "stuff", and he didn't need the officers to get involved with that. Eventually the officers left, only to tell me to stay away from that store. When I got back in my friends apartment I told him what went on. He called somebody that used to work at the store, and who listens to the police scanners. Turns out the store did get robbed, so the cops story backed up. All I know is that I was way to high to be in that situation.....been a long time since I have had any confrontation with the police, and I don't want it to happen anytime soon.
Did you have the dro on you? Usually when you don't need to take the MJ out of a secure area, don't. The cops operated well within their rights, you were acting suspicious (wearing a t-shirt and sandals in cold weather, red eyed, shaking and stoned), near a store that was robbed earlier in the week after it was closed. They just did their jobs, and thankfully you did yours.
I didn't have anything on me. And my walking to a store from an apartment complex should not be very suspicious whether it was robbed or not. I figure he just saw me walking and felt like giving me a hard time. Only a dumbass would rob a store and then return to it the night after....and they didn't find a dumbass. Since when did sandals and a t-shirt become "suspicious" looking clothing? You are right, they did their job (whatever it was), but once they find no reason to punish me, their job should be over. Instead they looked for reasons to punish me. Whatev though, it's over now.
I would have been nervous as hell. I'm glad you got out of the situation okay. He was doing his job but he probably didnt need backup.
