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Giant Banana Pulled over in Montana Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Times (cowboystatedaily.com)
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[–] mech@feddit.org 55 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Often officers simply wanted photographs.
Other times they invented reasons to start a conversation.

Exercising your power over people just to satisfy your own curiosity is a dick move.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Have you met cops?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

Right? Using your authority to do nothing but satisfy your curiosity about a banana car is best case scenario

[–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Mandatory ACAB

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

If you would do that in the workplace it would be harassment. Isn't the public the workplace of the police though?