bad leo experience

[Snakelover]

You should have told him to wait for your mechanic to look at it.

[quackerback]

i would not report him. he apologized and you said his attitude changed when he found out his son was lying. he was wrong, but he was sticking up for his son. i don't blame him for trying to take up for his son when he thought he was being taken advantage of. i think it would have been a whole different ballgame had he been the one buying the jeep.

[Tubby]

You did the right thing.
What's up with all the Texas Cull Hunter avatars?

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[Bily Lovec]

IMVHO...
sounds to me like you lost your temper and the cop showed his badge to keep you from getting violent
You should reconsider reporting him, otherwise you'll get a brutal lesson in dealing with a professional witness and you're too much of a hot head to want to do that.


I'll tell you something I do know, I kow there are three sides to every story

[Andy]

Can you PM me his name......Wonder if I know him.....Andy

[hoythunter28]

Let's all stand in circle and hold hands oh and possibly hug trees!! It maybe one thing to be a jerk to me BUT if someone ever told my wife to not worry about it and go back inside...... Well after my wife decked him you better believe the whoopin that would take place after that would be a cake walk compared to hers. And just the simple fact he was an officer who is too uphold the law and NOT use it when he steps on to someones private property and start mouthing is simply ridiculous. Now he did call back and apologize but that does not excuse his behavior at that time and I hope he apologized to your wife!!!!!! Just how i feel..

[Smart]

Is this a rant?....


Seriously though, I would have done the same thing. Sounds like the kid broke something and lied to pops?

He was probably trying to intimidate you but he may have also been showing it to say "no need to call the cops....I am one so its not going to do you much good."

I placed the blue above in quotes . I have had a few ask me if I was a popo from the initial post...

[TMC50]

Dang Josh you are getting in all kind of mess!

You handled it well... buying a vehicle from a person is a risk and you did the right thing... should have know that playing in the mudd cost some $$$$

[hoythunter28]

Smart you would be the coolest cop on the block LOLOLOLOL!

[HandiKap Bowhunter]

Man its water under the bridge. I had a friend beat the crap out of a off duty officer at a bar onenight after the guy half drunk ran into my buddys GF and was a smart arse about it. His cop buddies arrested him for assult on a popo and hauled him in since there was witnesses that said he IDd himself as a cop. Again half drunk and the second time he poked my buddy he got lit up like the 4TH. The next day after speaking with the judge and 4 of us there to tell the same story let's say some suspentions and reprimands were delivered. The offduty cop never even got put in a car after the fight. My family is all LEOs and I respect the heck out of um but there are those that think the can throw it in ur face.

[Lungbustr]

What a freakin a hole. You ask him to leave the property and tell him youll call the law and he pulls out a badge. I would have immediately drew my ol 45 on him while dialing 911 to report him trespassing. You told him to leave then he starts getting hostile. That badge dont mean shiat when hes trespassing raising hell on your property.

[Coondog]

Like the ole NWA song F*** the Po Po....

[Smart]

Smart you would be the coolest cop on the block LOLOLOLOL!

LOL..Yall couldn't get my fat butt out of the donut shop...

[Lungbustr]

Growing up we had a lot of problems with cops trespassing on our property. Usually I would cuss them up one side down the other and tell them that if they didnt have probable cause that there was a crime being commited they better leave. They always tucked tail and got out of there. One night a couple of buddies were out on the airstrip drunker than all get out in his vette doing donuts. This is all on private property, they never got on public roads. They left the barn and went straight to the airstrip. A coulple of cops not minded there own business as usual came on the private property and handcuffed them. Once the cowards got them handcuffed they went to beating them. Long story short the feds were involed before it was over with. In the end the cops lost their jobs all charges were dropped and car was removed from impound. Justice was served? I dont think so, they got beat black and blue for no **** reason. Why werent charged pressed against the cops? Pretty typical I guess. Cops arent any better than anybody else they are all human. Some are crooks some arent, just like us. The more cops you get to know the faster you will learn just how human they are.

[xman59]

I wanted to share this and see what you guys thought. This is by no means dogging LEO's. I respect everybody until they disrespect me, and have much appreciation and respect for leo's. I still respect this one even tho this went down...




I shared this with a guy kind of around a campfire/drinking type situation, and he told me I should report the cop. So that got me thinking. Was this LEO WRONG!? as the guy I was conversating with said...



Ill try to keep it short.

I was selling a jeep. 89 2 door XJ. 31" mt's 12 subs/4 KC lights. 4.0L auto WITH WORKING A/C... red top optima battery 2 months old. new breaks etc

Anyway. Kid calls me and says he wants to see the jeep. OK. give him my address. Him and his dad shows up. Kid (17 or 18) takes jeep for ride with A/C on and everything. My and his dad BS. His dad is kind of interrogating me. What do I do for a living bla bla bla. I am an open person. I share what I do, and I am prior military etc.

Kid comes back. he likes it. Him and his dad leave. Kid calls me back. "can my mechanic look at it". Yes I reply. BY ALL MEANS! BUT, you are not taking my truck across town where you live without your own insurance bla bla bla. Mechanic can come here.

No problem he says. Well a week goes by. Kid calls said mechanic is gonna swing by on the way to coast. GREAT. (I live right off 37). NO MECHANIC.

Next morning kid calls me. I want to buy the jeep. Can I pick it up today? I said what happened with your mechanic needing to look at it. He never showed up. Kid gave an excuse. I said ok, its AS IS.

Had it up for 2300. kid says will you take 1800? I didnt want to go below 2k, but he was obviously in or just out of high school. So I cut him a break. Him and his GF show up and he gives me the money. I give him a spare altenator (when they got wet or muddy they would act stupid).



Fast forward one week. kid calls me when i am at mudfest. Hey I wanted to talk to you about the jeep. I said sure. (told him if he had questions or whatever to feel free to call). He said I want to return the Jeep. I said "RETURN THE JEEP"? I am not a car lot.

the next weekend kid and dad pull up in seperate cars at my house. I walked up freindly to them and put out my hand (to shake dads hand). He folded his arms (he was a big guy) and said. So you sold my son your Peice of **** jeep. You need to man up and have some integrity and return my sons money now!

OK! respect LOST!

I respond I dont think so. He said you sold him this POS bla bla bla and continued to knock my jeep. Then he went on about how I had in his opinion needed the money because I may be living above my means bla bla bla.

I said excuse me! ( I am not exactly a light weight or willing to put up with that in my own yard).

My chest may have pumped out and I said WHO THE #### are you to come to my yard and start to call me out etc... My wife comes out, and asks what the deal is the dad said none of your business you just go back inside. as I start to give him an earfull my wife goes off... Then I start getting madder and she backs me down, and says we are just gonna call the cops and let them deal with you.

THEN! The guy pulls out his SAPD badge, and says I am a cop, and you need to return my son his money.

I then said "I dont give a **** who you are! you need to get the #### off my property, and you are not welcome back!

He backed off a bit, and we went back and fourth (calming down) after 45 minutes of bickering went on. After tempers calmed and I explained my side of the story, and he found out how his son was working around truths and lying to his dad. The cop looks at his son and says is that so. the son nodded his head. The dad wanted to let his son have it but bit his tongue.

he then said. will you give my son 1500 back and keep the jeep. I walked over and looked at the mud under the truck, and door jams etc that was not there when I sold it and told him. So I am supposed to let your son get away with taking my truck offroading and do God knows what to it, and just take it back. He said 300 dollars should fix anything he may have broke.

I said the way you approached me today lost any chances of me taking this truck back and cutting you a deal. I also said and since you drove 40 miles to my side of town with the AC on and windows up in 100 degrees it isnt that big of a POS.



They left pretty upset...

2 hours later the Dad/Cop/Man calls me back, and says I want to appologize to you and your family for what happened this evenning. He stated that it was out of his charector, and that his son had not been honest with him about the whole situation.

I told him I accept his appology and forgive him, but will not take the jeep back. I told him had you approached me with respect I would have been willing you work with you... and that I am by no means hurting for money (not that I am rich).

thats a hard choice to make,,, there is no right or wrong answer,, the kid messed up lied to his dad and dad not knowing it took up for his son,, most parents would,, when he found out his son was lying it sounds like he backed himself down,,, he should not have gone so far that he had too, but he did man up and call back to apologize,,,,

here is my suggestion,, talk to the head of his department or internal affairs,,, if he has a pretty clean record let it slide,, but if he is in regular trouble there,, file a complaint.... if he's a good cop and made a bad decision,, he will correct his own behavior,, if he is not a good cop, he may just being to cover his own back side because of other complaints he has had.. if he's bad the community may not need him around, if he's good you dont want to loose a good one for one instance