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Went to the ER. Got yelled at for using the sidewalk. I wish all police officers a very pleasant fuck you.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Report them to your local government.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"we have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

[–] [email protected] 61 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I didn’t say anything about going to the police.

OP has evidence. Go to your local municipal government and file a complaint. Add the photo. Now it’s documented.

Or do nothing at all about it and make overused statements on the internet. Idgaf

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago

If they're anything like my local council, evidence is irrelevant. They'll say "we sent someone out to check and there was nothing there. No infringement notice has been issued."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What exactly do you think the local government will do about it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Something. Or nothing. But they’ll definitely do nothing if you don’t inform them about it.

Paper trails usually add up. They start seeing 100s of these complaints show up they usually have to do something, because by that point the news starts to get involved.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

If anything, they'll forward the complaints to the police and let them "handle it". You have too much faith in the government

[–] toiletobserver 54 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, blocking a fire lane while impeding an accessible walkway. Top, men.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, what reasoning did they give for this harassment? It's not like you were using a piece of pedestrian infrastructure for it's intended purpose or anything.

[–] Eheran 25 points 10 months ago

I too would like some context.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Damn pedestrians, think they own the sidewalk! Rant, rant, rant

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

STOP RESISTING

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It clearly was meant for parking. I mean just look how much space there is for this little car!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Cops will go out of their way to scrape even the smallest modicum of power they can find from the bottom of society’s barrel.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Were you on a bicycle?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

https://youtu.be/nqF9chK05YM?t=115 (probably not a good idea, but damn would it feel good)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I did not expect to see Böhmermann here, but I'm not complaining

[–] crashoverride 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why the fuck am I getting a German ad?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The song is in German. But more importantly, why are you getting any ads? Use adblockers. No amount of convenience in any app you're using makes up for the inconvenience of having to watch ads.

[–] crashoverride 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The only good one is blockda, which now of course you have to pay for

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What? ublock works great, you just need to use youtube in Firefox.

[–] crashoverride 1 points 10 months ago

On mobile without root it's the only option.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://youtu.be/nqF9chK05YM?t=115

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

if only the timecode worked with that piped link ...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Sorry, what happened that meant you needed to go to the ER? Did the cops hit you?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Just stop being a carless peasant! /s