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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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[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Report them to your local government.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 106 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"we have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 61 points 1 year 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

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 26 points 1 year 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."

[–] ezri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] ezri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

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

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I too would like some context.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

STOP RESISTING

[–] dauerstaender@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 11 points 1 year ago

Were you on a bicycle?

[–] dauerstaender@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Just stop being a carless peasant! /s

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] ichmagrum@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why the fuck am I getting a German ad?

[–] ichmagrum@feddit.de 5 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] ichmagrum@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

On mobile without root it's the only option.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] ichmagrum@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

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