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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7958742" data-attributes="member: 23751">Even modern police forces aren't always likely to do much.&nbsp; This is a true story.My wife and I were driving to one of the local malls here in Los Angeles.&nbsp; As we were approaching it in the right lane, a cop had stopped a vehicle and was writing a ticket.&nbsp; He waved the Mercedes in front of us around him, and I was getting ready to look behind me at traffic so I could go around, all 4 doors to the Mercedes fly open and 6 or 7 kids between the ages of 12 and 15 fly out and start running down the sidewalk.&nbsp; Amazingly, the cop who was about 10 feet away from this didn't notice as he was writing the ticket.&nbsp; I got out of my car and was like, &quot;Excuse me!&quot;&nbsp; The cop looked up at me and saw the now empty Mercedes with 4 doors still open.&nbsp; I said, &quot;I think this car was stolen&quot; and pointed at the kids running away.&nbsp; The cop looked at the kids running away for about 15 seconds until they disappeared down an alley and was like, &quot;Hmm.&nbsp; I'll call this in in a bit.&nbsp; Would you two please wait so I can talk to you?&quot;&nbsp; He then looked down towards where the kids ran one more time and then finished writing the ticket.After he finished, he came over and asked us for descriptions, which is when I found out the differences between myself and my wife.&nbsp; I was able to tell&nbsp; him ages, faces, hair and eye colors for a good number of these kids, but when it came to what they were wearing I was at a total loss.&nbsp; My wife on the other hand couldn't describe any of those things, but was like, &quot;One had a navy hoodie on, jeans and blue Nikes.&nbsp; Another had a grey hoodie, ripped jeans and was wearing Converse.&nbsp; A third had a &lt;insert rock band&gt; T-shirt on...&quot;&nbsp; Between us we did a good job describing these kids.&nbsp; After it was done I asked him if he was going to do anything about the kids and he said, &quot;Nope.&quot;&nbsp; I asked why and the cop said, &quot;Because I'm alone and we are instructed never to go into a potentially dangerous situation without backup.&nbsp; Besides, I'm 6 months from retirement and I'm not going to do anything that would jeopardize that.&quot;&nbsp; Then he said we could go and started poking around inside the Mercedes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7958742, member: 23751"] Even modern police forces aren't always likely to do much. This is a true story. My wife and I were driving to one of the local malls here in Los Angeles. As we were approaching it in the right lane, a cop had stopped a vehicle and was writing a ticket. He waved the Mercedes in front of us around him, and I was getting ready to look behind me at traffic so I could go around, all 4 doors to the Mercedes fly open and 6 or 7 kids between the ages of 12 and 15 fly out and start running down the sidewalk. Amazingly, the cop who was about 10 feet away from this didn't notice as he was writing the ticket. I got out of my car and was like, "Excuse me!" The cop looked up at me and saw the now empty Mercedes with 4 doors still open. I said, "I think this car was stolen" and pointed at the kids running away. The cop looked at the kids running away for about 15 seconds until they disappeared down an alley and was like, "Hmm. I'll call this in in a bit. Would you two please wait so I can talk to you?" He then looked down towards where the kids ran one more time and then finished writing the ticket. After he finished, he came over and asked us for descriptions, which is when I found out the differences between myself and my wife. I was able to tell him ages, faces, hair and eye colors for a good number of these kids, but when it came to what they were wearing I was at a total loss. My wife on the other hand couldn't describe any of those things, but was like, "One had a navy hoodie on, jeans and blue Nikes. Another had a grey hoodie, ripped jeans and was wearing Converse. A third had a <insert rock band> T-shirt on..." Between us we did a good job describing these kids. After it was done I asked him if he was going to do anything about the kids and he said, "Nope." I asked why and the cop said, "Because I'm alone and we are instructed never to go into a potentially dangerous situation without backup. Besides, I'm 6 months from retirement and I'm not going to do anything that would jeopardize that." Then he said we could go and started poking around inside the Mercedes. [/QUOTE]

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