And the time at the beach, i was lighting a cigarette, when two of the coppers on bicycles stopped me and asked if I had been smoking anything other then my cigarette, or if i had seen anyone else in the area smoking or taking drugs. Like because i have dreads i know who al the druggies are at the beach lol
There still knobheads though xD N. wales has had a pretty big increase in the number of cops around recently and theres been quite a few major drug busts... Its a pretty common thing these days for me to be searched / harased by cops >.> The stupid thing though? I only ever get done for stupid things and never anything serious or drug related
See i never had a problem when i had short hair, not even when i was in town with some mates and they were all questioned by cops for what they were doing. They didnt look twice at me.
one time a cop stopped me for riding my bike at 3 am. i was with a few friends, who are all dreadless, and the cop was like GET THE FUCK OFF YOUR BIKES, it's too late to be riding without a flashlight!! or some some shit. and i told him that we weren't loitering so the law didn't apply, and then he told me that i was gunna spend the nite in the "big house" if i didn't comply. he let my friends go but made me walk because he thought i was being disrespectful. fhuck.
Never get any trouble from the police, but I don't like them. In the UK you are not required to tell a copper anything unless your driving, in which case he'll need your name and address and very little else. If they just want to give you a hard time saying absolutely fuck all to them makes their life extremely difficult.
it's interesting that you mention this... my ex had dreads and he said he got harrassed by cops all the time. granted, he almost always had weed or a pipe in his car, but he always thought he got pulled over because of dreads. he bought a cowboy hat, and that seemed to work for him. he had his dreads in a ponytail and a couple times he got pulled over, but he would put the cowboy hat on. and he said the cops didn't hassle him. so i don't know.
About a decade ago when my dad looked like some desperado he got pulled by the cops on the way to work 3 times in the one week. 3rd time he wants to know what the fuck is going on, apparently he was the spitting image of some guy they were after. shit story is shit.
true story. when I first moved here I was drinking a beer while driving and suddenly saw flashing lights behind me, I thought I was going to jail. I toss my beer in the back seat and throw a shirt over it and roll down my window and this crazy black cop shouts "MAAM, you have any idea how fast you were goin?" he let me off with a warning.
a friend of mine got pulled over 3 times for smoking a pipe while driving. two times he got off with a warning, and the cop told him to drive, then smoke, or smoke then drive. the last time, the cop looked at his weed, told him it was 'good shit' and then said he would have to confiscate it. my friend was like, 'yea, i understand' and he let him drive off with a warning.
Too bad Texas never followed HB 2391 would keep me safe but oh well I dont think cops have given me shit for my hair I think I just get myself into situations on my own. When I was in high school I would get searched a few times by security guards but that was just bullshit. Although a few times ive been walking home at night ive been stopped by the cops and questioned about what ive been doing and where im going and all this bullshit so I guess maybe they were stereotyping but chinga la chota me vale madre