Picked on by cops

[hellokitty]

My husband was riding home today after getting a warrant on his bike. An old Honda CBR1000. A hot day so he is wearing a jacket and his tattoos are showing.
A detective in a plain car follows him, calls for back up (a highway patrol car arrives) They both pull him over and of course as he wasn't speeding and the bike is legal he asks why?

Their response is that he doesn't suit the bike he is riding.

Apparently this is reason enough to pull someone over? They thought he had stolen it!
Perhaps he looks like a Harley rider - yeah maybe as he has had Harleys before but he loves his CBR and since when do you have to own a bike based on the way you look?

Anyone had problems like this before?

[mattian]

whats the problem? he wasnt doing anything wrong so, I'm sure he was sent on his way? thats not being picked on.... come on now.

[YellowDog]

Sound quite odd.

Perhaps the Police should give us all a list of the bikes they think we look suitabe for.

Maybe they should give your husband a Harley?

[Big Dave]

Yeah - I've been pulled over to see if I stole it a few times. I thought it was OK actually.

[KiWiP]

In London my brother was forever getting pulled over in his Cortina 1600E because it was "a black mans car" (their words) and he's white. This of course was on the surface wrong but their justification was for the right reasons (in their eyes). Annoying yes but wrong? I still can't decide.

[Motoracer]

Cops are meant to do that. That's their job to be nosey.

[jonbuoy]

whats the problem? he wasnt doing anything wrong so, I'm sure he was sent on his way? thats not being picked on.... come on now.

I think thats the point - he wasn't doing anything wrong.

[hellokitty]

The problem was that they felt they needed 2 cars to pull him over, and treated him like a criminal. Looking him up and down, talking crap to him. One car followed him and when he had another car to back him up they pulled him over. Excessive I think. Perhaps if it had been some kid on an expensive new bike going fast, but not a guy in his forties on a bike that is worth bugger all.

[hellokitty]

In London my brother was forever getting pulled over in his Cortina 1600E because it was "a black mans car" (their words) and he's white. This of course was on the surface wrong but their justification was for the right reasons (in their eyes). Annoying yes but wrong? I still can't decide.

I get followed all the time in my car as apparently I drive a teenage boys car, but as soon as they see a woman in it they laugh it off and all is good

[mattian]

I think thats the point - he wasn't doing anything wrong.

I'm so glad I'm not a cop. If they dont do enough to find your stolen bike they're incompetent. If they take pro-active steps to tackle what is an escalating epidemic, bike theft.... then they're just picking on us. Jesus. you couldn't pay me enough to cop that kind of flak for my job..... no pun intended.

[hellokitty]

Sound quite odd.

Perhaps the Police should give us all a list of the bikes they think we look suitabe for.

Maybe they should give your husband a Harley?

Hahaha Awesome, husband says yes please!

[jonbuoy]

I'm so glad I'm not a cop. If they dont do enough to find your stolen bike they're incompetent. If they take pro-active steps to tackle what is an escalating epidemic, bike theft.... then they're just picking on us. Jesus. you couldn't pay me enough to cop that kind of flak for my job..... no pun intended.

He reported his own bike as being stolen?

[mattian]

He reported his own bike as being stolen?

I'm sorry.... I dont think being Psychic is a prerequisite of becoming a police officer.

[98tls]

The problem was that they felt they needed 2 cars to pull him over, and treated him like a criminal. Looking him up and down, talking crap to him. One car followed him and when he had another car to back him up they pulled him over. Excessive I think. Perhaps if it had been some kid on an expensive new bike going fast, but not a guy in his forties on a bike that is worth bugger all.

Picked on?Jesus harden up.Imagine that a cop "looking him up n down"Scary stuff.Funny though you say it would be ok if it was someone young on an expensive bike,assuming he was wearing a helmet how would they know?That aside the shit that the average copper has to put up with on a daily basis,fuck i would get backup to.

[p.dath]

I think your husband should be fucked off. Why can't a law abiding citizen doing nothing wrong go about their business without being interrupted by a state employee?

And don't give me this shit about being a cop is a hard job. There's plenty of hard jobs out there. What's that in their job description - "law enforcement".