Is it against the law to flip off a police officer?
Aargh. I actually did this, recently. Much to my embarrassment. I was driving on the expressway for a four hour drive, with my cruise control set to five mph over the limit and listening to NPR. I’d been happily pulling over to the right for any drivers that wanted to pass, but this time, when I glanced in my rear-view mirror, a car had barreled up behind me and was so incredibly close that it would have rear-ended me if I’d even tapped my brakes. I was really frightened, and as soon as I could I pulled to the right. I gave a pretty laid-back three fingered salute as he was passing me. The unmarked car immediately turned on the sirens and pulled me over. The officer was pissed but under control. I apologized, saying I didn’t know he was a police officer and thought I was being tail-gated by an extremely aggressive driver causing a dangerous situation (which I was!). He let me go with a warning, but I’ve always wondered how he would have handled it if I’d been more confrontational and not a white woman in my 50’s driving an SUV. In general, I have a lot of respect for police officers and it was obviously stupid to flip off an aggressive driver. But in this case, the apologies should have gone both ways!
What options do you have as far as finding a place to stay when you're at the risk of being homeless?
.Get your “ducks in a row” so to speak before you are actually homeless. Once you’re on the streets it’s much, much harder to get anything done.Do you have a car? Do you have a job? Do you have anything you can sell to buy a car? If you have a car, get on Youtube and start watching videos about how people have converted their vehicles to live in. A van is best but I’ve seen some great setups in a car.Have a job? If not, get one while you have an address. Get a PO Box while you have an address. If you become homeless before you find a job, find a friend who will let you use their address if you can’t afford a PO Box. You need a place to get mail and to put on job applications.Save every dime you can.Talk to friends about wanting to find or be a roommate.If you absolutely must live on the streets with no car, try to get a tent and live on the outskirts of town, in a forested area where you’ll be less likely to be seen or harassed etc.Good luck. Stay out of shelters if you can. They are full of people who are sick, will steal from you, and are mentally ill. If you’re not street savvy you’re ripe for the picking.
Have off duty cops gone to far and it's just one case ,WHAT ?
YES (I only answered to see how many thumbs down the cops will give me) I'm sorry to all l readers. officer wee wee has a small wee wee and is trying to compensate but whoever he got to write for him obviously left him alone tonight and now he only has one line for me so he had to copy and paste it to all the questions I answered. Once again I am apologizing for a cops inadequacies