Thank you to everyone for your help, but I still don't understand why they handcuffed me. I didn't shoplift. I never have. They said they wanted to talk to me. I was confused but cooperated. I tried to put my cart out of the traffic. The officer I was talking to was right beside me. He never...
i feel like I need to explain that my PTSD is from child abuse and rape; I've never been in combat or the military. I'm a 5'2" genderqueer, biologically female artist. I'm small. I've never been in trouble with the law. All of these police officers scared the bejeezus out of me. I understand now...
No. I just meant that I now understand what it's like to be accused of something you didn't do and have police officers act as if you're a criminal. It's scary. That's all. I wasn't trying to offend anyone or start anything. Just trying to see the positive in something that deeply upset me.
Thank you for your response. I asked for something because I felt I had been wronged.
If they were within their rights, then I guess that's fine. It seems bizarre to me that this is considered normal, but I have a new appreciation for the concerns of Black Lives Matter.
Today, as I was detained, in handcuffs, and questioned by police in the parking lot of a large discount store. My hair is mint and teal, and they had been told a green-haired woman had shoplifted from the store.
So, while I was taking my groceries to my car, a police suv swerved in front of me...