[nfbwatlk] FW: You just never know

[Mike Freeman]

It was California.

On Oct 22, 2012, at 23:46, debby phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reminds me of an incident I remember reading about I think in Florida back in the 80's I believe.  A blind guy was standing at a bus stop with a folding cane.  The cops thought it was some kind of martial arts weapon and beat this guy up pretty badly.  If I was walking down the street and somebody yelled Stop, I probably would think that either they were yelling at someone else or were going to mug me.  I know that by and large, police officers do a great job, and I will never withget one in Portland who went out of his way to be helpful, but not in an overbearing way.  So I don't want to bash all of them.  But I won't stop just cuz someone yells to me to stop without identifying themselves as a police officer first.    Peace,    Debby
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