I just got a black eye from a cop because he remembers me from a call a few years ago when I was having a episode. I was at a park just smoking a few cigarettes minding my own business when this cop shows up asking me questions! “Are you under the influence?” “Do you feel like harming yourself or others?” I told him no and answered the questions respectfully but he said he didn’t believe me so he grabbed my arm and throw me to the ground and tried to put the handcuffs on me. I tried fighting back and that’s when he punched me repeatedly in the face. He got the handcuffs on me and took me to the station. He was requesting to take me to the psych ward but I wasn’t having an episode. I told his Sargent that if he didn’t let me go the moment I got out I would go to the media and with my black eye I would tell them what happened and show the police brutality that he caused!
They ended up releasing me and giving me a ride back to my car. I’m so ■■■■■■■ pissed! I’m tired of damn cops thinking that just because they carry a badge and a gun they can do whatever the ■■■■ they want!
I’ve had police brutality happen to me more than twice just because i’m a schizophrenic. So if I post that this is the way I feel and dislike them then I’m going to say it. Most cops don’t want to deal with us they rather just handcuffs and put us away!
If this is how you feel, you can say this, but just because you feel this way dosen’t make it true for everyone anymore than saying everyone with a MI is no good and will be violent to others.
I went to report a crime and all they did was go on about are you taking your meds, and a bunch of BS questions, they never looked at anything I had to prove there was a crime going on and they left, it happened a few times. They have never been violent with me though.
Ive openly admitted to the Sussex Police here that im scared of them. They had reports of financial abuse - from someone that kept taxing me for money. Said i was a vulnerable adult and put in a notice to the local social services. I was pleasantly surprised. Before- when i just had the label of BPD - they were absolute gits to me for years when i was unmedicated. But now they know im Sz - the police here in the Uk seem to treat me with kid gloves!
Just checked a web page concerning the pre-employment psychological screening of police?
It said, “Prior to answering the question what the pre-employment psychological screening is, let us make it clear what it isn’t. It is not a check of your overall sanity or lack thereof… if you fail the psychological test it doesn’t mean that you are crazy or that you have some issues, it simply means that you are not fit for a job as a police officer.”.
Say whaaaaaaaaaaaat ?
So I guess you can be as crazy as ever, but can still get the job !
Oh yeah, my dumb self went out at 2am once. They pulled me over and said my brake light wasn’t functioning. Anyway, some bitch that works in another town put my address wrong in the computer. I paid the ticket off but they said I owed 25 bucks. I never got the letter. The warrant was 110 dollars. Get this,the cops said if you give us the 110 dollars and we’ll let you go. Uh ,no you ■■■■■■■ asshat!, Take me on sat two hours got out.
The only good thing that happened there was some lady screaming at a cockroach I. The other hold room.
I called the police about domestic abuse about ten years ago and they had all sorts of judgemental questions for me—I remember they wanted to know if there was an age difference between me and the person for some reason—then they told me to just leave him and hung up on me.
Obviously not all police are like that, but boy did I not have a good experience reaching out to one.