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Has anyone else come in contact with the "new breed" of state patrol?
Black suited, Gestapo style.
I was stopped at a "checkpoint" where "my papers" where scrutinized for 30 minutes, I was questioned about the contents of my coolers (camping and picnic supplies - no alcohol), who I was with, why I was here, ect.. ect...seems that they were having trouble with "some people drinking and smoking pot”. The leader of the crew was straight out of a nazi war movie. Even his buddies kept their distance from him. He repeatedly tried to "bait" me into arguing and was very abusive in his tone and demeanor. Eye contact with some of the other officers indicated their fear of and distaste for the actions of this guy but they were clearly scared of him. I have never seen the all black uniform before, is this a new trend?

I haven't, I live in ohio and while the troopers can be tough here I have found they are usually pretty good people. I often see them pulled over offering road assistance and helping people. I had three of them stop to check on me while I was broke down once and one offered to allow me to sit in his cruiser and wait for help if the heater was not working.

They are not perfect and can be jerks, like everyone else. I worked around a lot of them while I was a deputy and for the most part they seemed to be regular guys who have a very tough, stressful, job.

But if they were jerks to me like those guys were to you I think I would certainly have a problem with it.