Ever have an encounter with the police that influenced your view of law enforcement?
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Saturating the news this week is the report that a St. Louis County grand jury declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Separately, a New York City high school recently invited the New York Civil Liberties Union to the school to advise students on how to behave if they are stopped by police officers.
An encounter with a police officer as a citizen—whether you were arrested, pulled over on suspicion of a traffic violation, questioned as a witness of a crime or an accident, or reached out to police for help—is almost inevitable after a certain amount of years on this earth. So tell us: Have you ever had an encounter with the police that influenced your view of law enforcement in either a positive or negative way?
Tell us your stories in the comments.
Read the answers to last week’s question: Has studying or practicing law made it more difficult for you to read for pleasure?
Featured answer:
Posted by KLawrence: “At first I felt guilty for pleasure reading—it felt so unproductive. Shouldn’t I be reading a treatise? What I try to do now is read a fun book, then a serious book that is law or business related to keep knowledge current. Since my favorite genre is murder mysteries, I find myself identifying every fact or or utterance that won’t be admissible in court!”
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