Honest opinion of how you would have reacted:
I was on my way to work in the evening, usually you can't even go 55mph on this road because of traffic but I was doing approx 5mph over the speed limit with the flow of traffic (two lane highway). I had my radio on very loud and the windows down. An officer turned around to follow me and I slowed down to less than 50mph expecting to get pulled over but he didn't pull me over. Followed me for 1 1/2 miles and signaled his lights in an awkward place- a long uphill curved bridge with only two lanes and guard rails.
I've been in an accident on a curve before when the police obstructed traffic and my vehicle was totalled. Since I was so close to the interstate entrance I thought maybe he got a call and was headed there and I slowed down and yielded to the right but did not stop. At the top of the hill (approx 4/10ths of a mile) was the road I work on and you can only turn right, which I did, with the officer following me, I was driving really slow at the time and looked in the rear view mirror to see someone in a rage. I watched for a minute in fear and shock but being only 2/10ths of a mile from my employer's parking lot- and it being the very next parking lot on a two-lane road with a raised curb and no shoulder- I slowly proceeded to the parking lot and got out to speak to the officer.
He had his hand on his gun and screamed at me and treated me like I just robbed a bank and told me I was going to jail and to put my hands on the car, which I did. He struck me in between my shoulder blades while cuffing me every time I turned my head to ask him why I was going to jail. After getting hit twice I used profanity and it got worse. I was knocked into my car several times then he swung me around like a rag doll and I couldn't even walk straight and slammed me into his cruiser then dragged me along side it to unlock the back door.
I told the officer he was being too aggressive and he lied and said "because you were resisting" - I have over a dozen witnesses that saw me do what he told me to do, all I was asking was why I was being arrested, which you usually tell us without a problem. In the cruiser I told him I was going to file a complaint against him and he told me I wouldn't have even gotten a ticket if I had stopped immediately. What is wrong with where I stopped? A few weeks prior to this I was stopped for having my plate in the hatch window instead of fastened on the car and I chose a parking lot instead of the side of the road that was 3/10ths of a mile away, plus I got out to talk to that officer and there was no problem.
My wrists were welted and I had bruises, spent 24 hrs in jail, missed work, broke me to post bail, and am facing two felonies. My daughter's summer is ruined because we were struggling financially before this happened (although not enough to qualify for a free attorney). My idea of fleeing an officer is not this, I wasn't trying to get away at all. I've been to the department to speak with his boss and emailed the prosecuting attorney and filed my complaint and there is an internal investigation starting concerning the excessive force but I'm a single parent facing two felonies because of where I stopped? I didn't resist anything and I was only disrespectful because the guy was hurting me unnecessarily. I was 20 minutes early for work and not in a hurry. I've always been friends with and have dated officers, and I was completely legal.
Also, will the cruiser camera show what happened at my car if he parked behind me in a "T" position with his passenger side facing the end of my vehicle and the action taking place on my rear driver side? I'm not out to ruin his life over this but I don't need ours ruined either.
I was on my way to work in the evening, usually you can't even go 55mph on this road because of traffic but I was doing approx 5mph over the speed limit with the flow of traffic (two lane highway). I had my radio on very loud and the windows down. An officer turned around to follow me and I slowed down to less than 50mph expecting to get pulled over but he didn't pull me over. Followed me for 1 1/2 miles and signaled his lights in an awkward place- a long uphill curved bridge with only two lanes and guard rails.
I've been in an accident on a curve before when the police obstructed traffic and my vehicle was totalled. Since I was so close to the interstate entrance I thought maybe he got a call and was headed there and I slowed down and yielded to the right but did not stop. At the top of the hill (approx 4/10ths of a mile) was the road I work on and you can only turn right, which I did, with the officer following me, I was driving really slow at the time and looked in the rear view mirror to see someone in a rage. I watched for a minute in fear and shock but being only 2/10ths of a mile from my employer's parking lot- and it being the very next parking lot on a two-lane road with a raised curb and no shoulder- I slowly proceeded to the parking lot and got out to speak to the officer.
He had his hand on his gun and screamed at me and treated me like I just robbed a bank and told me I was going to jail and to put my hands on the car, which I did. He struck me in between my shoulder blades while cuffing me every time I turned my head to ask him why I was going to jail. After getting hit twice I used profanity and it got worse. I was knocked into my car several times then he swung me around like a rag doll and I couldn't even walk straight and slammed me into his cruiser then dragged me along side it to unlock the back door.
I told the officer he was being too aggressive and he lied and said "because you were resisting" - I have over a dozen witnesses that saw me do what he told me to do, all I was asking was why I was being arrested, which you usually tell us without a problem. In the cruiser I told him I was going to file a complaint against him and he told me I wouldn't have even gotten a ticket if I had stopped immediately. What is wrong with where I stopped? A few weeks prior to this I was stopped for having my plate in the hatch window instead of fastened on the car and I chose a parking lot instead of the side of the road that was 3/10ths of a mile away, plus I got out to talk to that officer and there was no problem.
My wrists were welted and I had bruises, spent 24 hrs in jail, missed work, broke me to post bail, and am facing two felonies. My daughter's summer is ruined because we were struggling financially before this happened (although not enough to qualify for a free attorney). My idea of fleeing an officer is not this, I wasn't trying to get away at all. I've been to the department to speak with his boss and emailed the prosecuting attorney and filed my complaint and there is an internal investigation starting concerning the excessive force but I'm a single parent facing two felonies because of where I stopped? I didn't resist anything and I was only disrespectful because the guy was hurting me unnecessarily. I was 20 minutes early for work and not in a hurry. I've always been friends with and have dated officers, and I was completely legal.
Also, will the cruiser camera show what happened at my car if he parked behind me in a "T" position with his passenger side facing the end of my vehicle and the action taking place on my rear driver side? I'm not out to ruin his life over this but I don't need ours ruined either.

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