For example, this past weekend, while driving home through Detroit, I saw a fire just starting up. I got off the highway and started clicking away. I was on the sidewalk, closer than the police and they didn’t care.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37125946@N07/sets/72157616896104021/

Then, Sunday, after practice for a game I play called Dagorhir, which consists of beating each other with hard foam swords, I went to the local police department to find the cop that has patrolled through the park where we play. I want to keep on the good graces of the city so we can keep playing in this public park with no trouble. I found him and told him I had set up a forum to keep our players up to date and that I could give him the address of the forum.

Nope, he didn’t want it. He told me point blank that as long as we weren’t causing trouble or breaking laws, he had no desire to know who we were or interfere in our group. It’s a popular park that gets lots of foot traffic on a nice Sunday, so he comes out some times. No hassles from him though.

THAT is how the majority of cops are. He and his ilk are not the ones that I rail against or send letters to their bosses or make phone calls to my Congressmen about.

I will froth and rage, and more importantly DO something in regards to those asses. The asses are in the minority though.

Doesn’t mean I won’t be vigilant though.