“... the worst police can usually do is to arrest you...”
About ten years back, my siblings and I were selling my Mom’s home (after her passing). One offer was accepted by a drug cop. Long story short, after the settlement and he moved into the home.. he called my sibling and demanded ten thousand dollars for ants. Yes, ants. The home had been fully inspected and the ants were simply because the house had a great deal of trees around it. This was explained to him and rejected. Long story short, he showed up at my brother’s home and coerced the ten grand out of us. How? He made it very clear that he knew what his sons drove, the tags, where they went to school and the route they took to get there. He then said, “It would be a terrible thing if your kids were ever pulled over and they found drugs. It would ruin their lives”. The threat was as clear as the nose on your face.
Immediate family meeting and I was the only one to say, “We shouldn’t cave”. I felt that if we gave the ten grand, he would come back again and again. I was out-voted and we all gave enough money to cover the extortion. We still had neighbors in that area who told us afterwards he gloated when he purchased new appliances and a shed thanks to us. I don’t condemn my siblings especially the one who was protecting his kids. He knew that their lives would be ruined (two were up for scholarships). What really, REALLY jaded me was a few years after that incident, this same cop got a county award for heroism (apparently arrested someone with a lot of drugs). I still wonder if he didn’t plant them or have some of his friends plant them... guess I’ll never truly know.
With types like that all one can hope for is that he trips himself because of being an over-confident bully with a badge.
That is a really sad story. He’ll pay for it eventually when he stands before God.
On a lighter note...didn’t we chat about Jason Statham movies a while back? I missed his latest “Safe”. It is no longer in theaters here, so I’ll have to rent it on The Dish when it’s available. No matter if the movie wasn’t great, the scenery is always worth the price.
A situation that would sound ready made for the FBI.
A situation that would sound ready made for the FBI... and I mean even IF they were initially paid off. Somebody should have ratted to the feds.