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Heroes Community > Tavern of the Rising Sun > Thread: Oh, hi there, officer!
Thread: Oh, hi there, officer!
DagothGares
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posted October 29, 2010 09:02 PM

Oh, hi there, officer!

So I would like to share a little bit about what happened to me last sunday. I was kind of shocked after the facts, all in all. This has more to do with me being a massive coward and a law-abiding citizen than anything else (the events all in all weren't very shocking, even though I was kind of angry shortly after the events). My only run-in with the police before that day was due to my bicycle not having a light at the front (thus breaking the law), so I still somewhat had the vie wof: "the law is my friend."

So anyway, the basic premise. I was riding my bike to my home in the city where I study (so not Antwerp) (it's kind of funny how different people reacted to me in Antwerp, but all right). Suddenly, a police car, one of those big ones, passes by. I noticed I did not have a light on, so technically I was breaking the law, so I just rode past it, trying to subtly evade the car. Too bad for me, it stopped right next to me and out of this vehicle an officer jumped and immediately apprehended me. "Halt!"

At this point, it's probably wise to point out I looked like this:

The guy in the middle.

Oh, and it's 11 PM. So, anyway, I was stopped by the police force at 11 PM on my way to my dorm on the grounds that I looked like Heath Ledger's Joker, which obviously is a severe crime. So the partner of the guy who stopped me got out of the car and called for reinforcements. "We're dealing with some guy who thinks he's the joker." My friend who was with me (who looked totally innocent, but I thank the gods they didn't search him, because he was actually carrying something illegal) laughed and thought they were pulling our leg to which officer #1 snarled: "You think this is funny?"

Officer #1 said they'd have to search me, so, obligingly, I gave my back pack, my ID (which he asked for) and a cardboard container. He bent over to check my backpack. "Does this contain anything with which I could possibly cut myself?" he asked. I said no truthfully. Around this time reinforcements arrived, because clearly you needed four guys to take this rebel down. So this guy rifled through my stuff, pulled out my russian grammar, my "crime and punishment". He put down those things relatively fast and then he found my jin-roh DVD, which I bought at a decent price at the convention I came from. He opened it, probably thinking he found a snuff or something and then he looked at me. His eyes said: "You sick snow." Though, after thorough examination, it seemed pretty harmless. In the front of my backpack was a lot of small stuff, which puzzled him. I helpfully said it contained dice and pens and probably some broken plastic that used to contain the dice and some green dye for my hair.

Then they moved on to the cardboard box. Officer #1 (who did most of the reasonable talking. The other three were mostly shaking their heads and telling me how insane it is to walk around like this and vaguely bringing back an event from two years ago in which a pale youth stabbed some kids and which the media heavily dramatised due to therecent release of the dark knight, but whatever) asked me what it contained. I said it contained a decorative sword. He was about to rip it open, until I pointed to the top and gestured he may grab it there, since it's already open. He looked at me as if I was insane. and asked if I knew what the fine was for carrying a lethal weapon. I pointed out it was blunt. One of the officers beside me suggested he may hit me with it to test it out. They then said you could harm someone with it, if you wanted to. A storm of replies gathered in my head, saying that it would break, if I tried and several other items were much more efficient, but I dully replied: "Yes, that's true."

They then asked where I got it from. I replied after a brief sigh in which I wondered how to explain it:
"Me and my friend here, we just came from a convention centered around nerd things, so comic books and film things. I went dressed there in theme and bought that sword there, because I thought it looked nice and was very cheap."
After a brief silence officer #1 said: "Yes, it's blunt and since you got it legally from a stand there... we'll let you go. Take the fastest route to your dorm."
He then told his partner to enter the caffé next to which we were standing to erase the file from the cell phone of the guy who was filming this endeavour.

I felt violated afterwards. i'm glad to know I don't have a record though.

And let it be clear that I was taking a fast route to my dorm, along a sparsely populated area, wore a big black coat over everything and concealed my sword. The fact I was apprehended so quickly (5 minutes tops) is amazing.
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posted October 29, 2010 09:08 PM

"Sure, but if you get to hit me with it I want to get a hit with the old Leo over there. I swear to god it will do more damage than that blunt plate."
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War-overlord
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posted October 29, 2010 09:26 PM

Ok, that was weird, I'll admit. Whenever I dress up for fancy-dress-parties or Carnaval I always ask myself 2 questions.

1: Do I look like a complete nerd, so nobody will recognise me and I have to explain what I am all the time.
2: Is there any way my costume can be misinterprated?

No offence but you obviously violated rule 2, not only because that guy that knifed todlers and a kindergarten teacher. The Joker seems a well-known inspiration for criminally minded youths/nerds. There have been multiple cases of crimes of people inspired by the Joker, especially the movie versions. So if you realy want to dress up as the Joker, use the comic/animated version since they have less of a bad name clinging to them.

Also keep in mind that the average patrollman is at the lowest step of the police ladder. So in general they are not the sharpest knives in the drawer and they tend to be semi-pissed because of their low status in the police-corps.
And I know you're an intelligent fellow and one of the hardest things in the life of a smart person is dealing with people less intelligent but with more power than you.
Know that I feel for you.
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DagothGares
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posted October 29, 2010 09:39 PM

Well, now when I look back it's pretty funny. I still think I didn't break any laws. And the weirdest thing was that I've made a lot of people smile and laugh in Antwerp, but the reaction was entirely the opposite of that in the city where I study, even several students (these are the people who wrestle in manure and shampoo each other's hair with mayonaise and think AIDS is inherently funny) thought I was inappropriately dressed. In Antwerp this was just your average sunday morning, but on my way to Leuven, there was this thick tension hanging in the air, as if I were dressed as a klansman or wearing a swastika on my shoulder.

Anyway, I appreciate your advice, but one of the main reasons I'm doing the Heath Ledger's version is because it's easy, I fit the profile somewhat and for the reactions. I would've figured Leuven would've been somewhat more accepting than Antwerp, but apparently I had it the other way around.

I don't know, maybe I am a psycho.
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JoonasTo
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posted October 29, 2010 09:42 PM

Around here people would just laugh at you.

You just got a few stuck up cops. Or there's actually happened something with guys dressed up as joker's there.
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Adrius
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posted October 29, 2010 09:44 PM

Having the make-up a bit more messy would've perfected the Heath Ledger look
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Keksimaton
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posted October 29, 2010 10:15 PM
Edited by Keksimaton at 22:16, 29 Oct 2010.

I guess it's like accidentaly dressing up as the local Adolf Hitler.
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War-overlord
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posted October 29, 2010 10:24 PM

Also, just as a tip, when wearing platemail gloves Do Not get in a barfight. It is seen as cheating and their mates do not take kindly to it. It does not matter how much the rest of the bar apreciates you punching the @ssh0le in the face.
Also dressing up as an Orc will lead to knights challenging you left and right to impress thier mates/girls.
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mvassilev
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posted October 29, 2010 10:36 PM

Cops on a power trip, how unusual.
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Lexxan
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posted October 29, 2010 10:50 PM
Edited by Lexxan at 22:51, 29 Oct 2010.

Lol, only in ~Belgium~ stuff like that could ever happen (bar some African/Asian countries like Chad or Zimbabwe or Iran or Uzbekistan. :eyes:

-100 for not incincerating the Police Van though.
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phoenixreborn
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posted October 30, 2010 12:57 AM

Was your friend in costume also?  You do carry nerdy things.
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DagothGares
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posted October 30, 2010 12:57 PM

My friend wasn't dressed up at all (well, at the convention he wore a suit, a black fedora and black leather gloves, but he umped all that when we were in Antwerp. I didn't mind taking everything to Leuven, because I thought, you know, this won't end badly), but he was carrying a genuine, double-edged knife and THAT would have probably been suspicious enough to get us taken away to their office.
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Elvin
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posted November 01, 2010 09:59 PM

This isn't surprising actually, such things happen. What happens then will depend a LOT on how you look and what you say. If you are being sarcastic, try to lie, show any kind of disrespect or disobedience it will cause unnecessary trouble. But if you give them reason to think you are alright, friendly and willing to assist them you've won the game. Some of my friends have been stopped by cops either because they looked suspicious or for being at an unusual spot during night and all were asked if they were carrying something they shouldn't One of them was asked the awesome question, what do you think of our profession? They'd better not catch you blurting that you hate them or something
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alcibiades
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posted November 01, 2010 10:07 PM

I must admit this made me laugh a lot. Total respect for the costume btw.
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JoonasTo
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What if Elvin was female?
posted November 01, 2010 10:10 PM

Best way to deal with cops is to know them personally.
That way you odn't have to mess with them. Naturally that ain't possible after you move into a new town. And that sucks.
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posted November 01, 2010 11:18 PM

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One of them was asked the awesome question, what do you think of our profession? They'd better not catch you blurting that you hate them or something


Ouch.

Very inappropriate question to ask.
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