O.K I just got stoped and padded down by cops. They are always waiting around the parking lot where me and my friends flatland BMX at, and wait for us to leave where they try to bust us for eny thing. Tonight, it was for not having a reflecter on our bikes, WTF!!! We get padded down, and searched for this BS. Eny other BMXers ever been harrassed by cops or is my town just a Pig Sty. Come on I wanna hear yalls stories right here cuss Im pissed...

O.K I just got stoped and padded down by cops. They are always waiting around the parking lot where me and my friends flatland BMX at, and wait for us to leave where they try to bust us for eny thing. Tonight, it was for not having a reflecter on our bikes, WTF!!! We get padded down, and searched for this BS. Eny other BMXers ever been harrassed by cops or is my town just a Pig Sty. Come on I wanna hear yalls stories right here cuss Im pissed...
Naughty!,Naughty!!! :)

I got stopped by the cops so many times ive lost all respect for them.

Once I was riding my one bike downtown, and it has a broken pair of brass knuckles ziptied to the downtube right before the bottom bracket. And a cop stopped me and made me take them off, then he had the balls to right be a bloody fine.

Never been stopped when I was just riding, but I get harassed for taking photos around town almost every time I do it. Not by the cops, they have better things to do, just by prick business owners and security.

Post a photo of you and your bike. If you look like a little punk, of course they'll harass you. Get over it.

I've been stopped by the police... probably five times since '94.

What was it that Eazy-E used to say?

Note: Please don't post it here.

http://bwmmag.com/magazine/images/stories/AprIssue/eazye.jpg
Boy you shoulda' known by now!

I used to ride everywhere, was never ever stopped once. You must look like troub;e on a bike? I'm sure they wouldn't hassle you for just riding a bike. What exactly are you doing to attract attention. If you just ned a place to ride, why don't you find somewhere else?

How old are you anyway?

lets see..i got a fine for grinding some park ledges.. i got padded down for riding my bike at night for suspition for what ever...also for ridng in a parking lot.......and a couple of buddys and i got chased out of some trails by cops[got away]......and i also got padded down and questions for riding through the park trail at night with my friend. i live in a small town where the cops are too gun ho and get you for anything. bikings not a crime but feeling up people should be! i mean u cant be hiding mutch in basket ball shorts and a tank top right? cops are jack asses and thats the fact, sure some are cool but face it, if your doing anything but walking you can get stopped... and its not like i look punky or anything either, cops are just bored

I got stoped in August for not have reflectors, I was on some dirt trails in south jersey I was fined a few bucks for tresspassing to and the reflectors.

lets see..i got a fine for grinding some park ledges.. i got padded down for riding my bike at night for suspition for what ever...also for ridng in a parking lot.......and a couple of buddys and i got chased out of some trails by cops[got away]......and i also got padded down and questions for riding through the park trail at night with my friend. i live in a small town where the cops are too gun ho and get you for anything. bikings not a crime but feeling up people should be! i mean u cant be hiding mutch in basket ball shorts and a tank top right? cops are jack asses and thats the fact, sure some are cool but face it, if your doing anything but walking you can get stopped... and its not like i look punky or anything either, cops are just bored

Stay in school.

Well, im 16 and asian, with a Rust orange KHE meshersmith, do I really look that suspicious, or was it the book bag full of tools my friend was carrying?

Stay in school.


See if they have a typing class too. :)

Well, im 16 and asian, with a Rust orange KHE meshersmith, do I really look that suspicious, or was it the book bag full of tools my friend was carrying?

Texas. Enough said.

Texas. Enough said. I never thought about that, that explains it all, lol...

they do have a typing class and i aced it* :) infact i can get the most words out per minute. you guys want me to type like i would write a paper? proper grammer? i guess i should be doing that any way, and do you know that high school dropouts make 42% less money than graduates?

your kinda [Moderator Removed: Insulting]

they do have a typing class and i aced it* :) infact i can get the most words out per minute. you guys want me to type like i would write a paper? proper grammer? i guess i should be doing that any way, and do you know that high school dropouts make 42% less money than graduates?

Do you know that there is no one on this forum that gives a s***.. and yes Ex, I just saved you some editing with some proper use of sensorship...

In addition, the "masking" of vulgarity by inserting * or another keystroke in place of one or more letters in a vulgar term is unacceptable in most cases.

You might as well have just used another word instead.

You might as well have just used another word instead.
I'm not very good with words..

Why are so many people afraid of the shift/cap key?

If reflectors are an issue. Why not just put reflective tape on your bike somewhere? No weight gain, and you can cut it into any shape. I would think that sitcker makers would recognise the problem and address it with cool reflective stickers. Especially since alot of kids ride to and from school, and and it gets dark at 4:30, and most you youngster are probable staying after for detention. :) I have a mild hatred for cops for my own reasons. Actually, anyform of government for that matter, but that's a HUGE other debate. But when a cop stops you, be polite, ask him what he suggest you should do so you don/t get introuble or draw attention to yourself. Make joke, be friendly. Get him to like you. Heck, offer him a donut. Go along to get along. Just don't say stupid stuff that will upset them. It won't help your cause at all. Offer to let him ride your bike and see how cool it is, maybe he has a son that like BMX. Most guys are cops because they have HUGE ego's, not because they want to protect and serve.

Why are so many people afraid of the shift/cap key?

If reflectors are an issue. Why not just put reflective tape on your bike somewhere? No weight gain, and you can cut it into any shape. I would think that sitcker makers would recognise the problem and address it with cool reflective stickers. Especially since alot of kids ride to and from school, and and it gets dark at 4:30, and most you youngster are probable staying after for detention. :) I have a mild hatred for cops for my own reasons. Actually, anyform of government for that matter, but that's a HUGE other debate. But when a cop stops you, be polite, ask him what he suggest you should do so you don/t get introuble or draw attention to yourself. Make joke, be friendly. Get him to like you. Heck, offer him a donut. Go along to get along. Just don't say stupid stuff that will upset them. It won't help your cause at all. Offer to let him ride your bike and see how cool it is, maybe he has a son that like BMX. Most guys are cops because they have HUGE ego's, not because they want to protect and serve.
That's a pretty good idea.. especially with the donut, that is absolutely the best way to make friends with a cop.. :p

And next time Ill point out da crack house right up the street, police i have no problems with but ur everyday cop/pig I do, but eny ways back to the subject, come on guys post ur police encounter stories here.

And next time Ill point out da crack house right up the street, police i have no problems with but ur everyday cop/pig I do, but eny ways back to the subject, come on guys post ur police encounter stories here.
I am sure they will believe you when you tell them its not yours..

What's "eny ways"? Is that like, I need more ejukashun at skool in spellin klass.

I am sure they will believe you when you tell them its not yours..
Lol, that one always works...

Lol, that one always works...
Every time.. like.. almost as succesful as shooting yourself in the head with a 12-barrel shotgun and expecting to live.. or going to a Fat Peoples Convention and finding a hot blonde..

If you live in a small town chances are that yes, you will most likely be stopped...I live in a small town and I have done some things to pravoce the cops to stop me...Just small stuff like riding in the middle of the road without a light...(with street lights right above me) Oh, and there was one time I was on a highway at night, usually they say, "Get a light or we will start writing you fines and taking your bikes away". This then results in me smoking the cop with a verbal assault. I usually will flip them off and say "What are you going to do take my bicycling liscence away? Oh and there are actually laws that stop you from just taking my property like that, give me he ticket I wont pay for it, and if i run are you going to "Bump" me with your car? That's probably attempted murder. Have fn fitting your car in a 4' ally-way!" Then he says go home and then I usually laugh and say have a nice night...I have yet to get a ticket ever and it's true...They can't really catch you unless your an idiot, and if you get a ticket if you dont pay, I think the state has better things to deal with, and they can't take away your bicycle liscence sorry. And cops are just regular people, with guns. A cop can't do anything if you flip them off. Just be safe and say this before you say anything "My opinion of you is-" because that means that its your opinion and they can do anything thus resulting in you being able to get away with you saying there [edited by moderator]. Etc. All N' All. Just ride and ignore police! :)

they do have a typing class and i aced it* :) infact i can get the most words out per minute. you guys want me to type like i would write a paper? proper grammer? i guess i should be doing that any way, and do you know that high school dropouts make 42% less money than graduates?

"Proper grammer"? You have no clue.


Do you know that there is no one on this forum that gives a s***.. and yes Ex, I just saved you some editing with some proper use of sensorship...

Actually, you used what's called a workaround, which is unacceptable. Spelling it a different way to get by the auto-censor is not acceptable.

And cops are just regular people, with guns.

You must be my long lost brother. How many people give cops more credibility than they deserve just because they have a badge and a gun. They are nothing. Nothing more than you or I. Only they can kill you and maybe just lose their job. It's a sick world when the police state has so much power. Here's the clincher. You don't have to submit to police authority as long as you can get more people to show up with guns than they can. Which isn't ever going to happen. Think: Waco Texas. They got guns, tanks, and no ones getting in trouble for using them.

Oh well, life is short, they'll all die someday too. Sweet (hot) justice on the other side for them.

Has anyone ever outrun (or tried) a bike cop?

Actually, you used what's called a workaround, which is unacceptable. Spelling it a different way to get by the auto-censor is not acceptable.
My bad Ex, wont happen again..

If you live in a small town chances are that yes, you will most likely be stopped...I live in a small town and I have done some things to pravoce the cops to stop me...Just small stuff like riding in the middle of the road without a light...(with street lights right above me) Oh, and there was one time I was on a highway at night, usually they say, "Get a light or we will start writing you fines and taking your bikes away". This then results in me smoking the cop with a verbal assault. I usually will flip them off and say "What are you going to do take my bicycling liscence away? Oh and there are actually laws that stop you from just taking my property like that, give me he ticket I wont pay for it, and if i run are you going to "Bump" me with your car? That's probably attempted murder. Have fn fitting your car in a 4' ally-way!" Then he says go home and then I usually laugh and say have a nice night...I have yet to get a ticket ever and it's true...They can't really catch you unless your an idiot, and if you get a ticket if you dont pay, I think the state has better things to deal with, and they can't take away your bicycle liscence sorry. And cops are just regular people, with guns. A cop can't do anything if you flip them off. Just be safe and say this before you say anything "My opinion of you is-" because that means that its your opinion and they can do anything thus resulting in you being able to get away with you saying there [edited by moderator]. Etc. All N' All. Just ride and ignore police! :)
One day, a cop is gonna pull me over, and maybe flash me his shiny badge.. I'll jus flash him sumthin bak..

If you live in a small town chances are that yes, you will most likely be stopped...I live in a small town and I have done some things to pravoce the cops to stop me...Just small stuff like riding in the middle of the road without a light...(with street lights right above me) Oh, and there was one time I was on a highway at night, usually they say, "Get a light or we will start writing you fines and taking your bikes away". This then results in me smoking the cop with a verbal assault. I usually will flip them off and say "What are you going to do take my bicycling liscence away? Oh and there are actually laws that stop you from just taking my property like that, give me he ticket I wont pay for it, and if i run are you going to "Bump" me with your car? That's probably attempted murder. Have fn fitting your car in a 4' ally-way!" Then he says go home and then I usually laugh and say have a nice night...I have yet to get a ticket ever and it's true...They can't really catch you unless your an idiot, and if you get a ticket if you dont pay, I think the state has better things to deal with, and they can't take away your bicycle liscence sorry. And cops are just regular people, with guns. A cop can't do anything if you flip them off. Just be safe and say this before you say anything "My opinion of you is-" because that means that its your opinion and they can do anything thus resulting in you being able to get away with you saying there [edited by moderator]. Etc. All N' All. Just ride and ignore police! :)

I'll attribute your ignorance to your age. Other members are free to form their own opinions. But I did have to edit some language out. You should know what is acceptable, and what is not. If you have to be told again, you get a warning. 3rd warning, you're banned.

Expatriate - Forum Moderator

Woah I never thought this topic would get so much attention but anyways. Yes, cops have to much power, they can stop you and pat you down when ever they want to, write you a ticket for anything they want to, whether you deserved it or not, and then turn you around and shoot you in the back and say you were resisting arrest. When does it stop, and im actually good friends with a bike cop, exept the bike cops around here are actually very understanding of us BMXers. This pot head tried to steal one of my friends bikes and he tried to run from a bike cop, and well he got about half a block before the cop nudged his peg the right way. I never saw someone slide so far on there forehead before. Dude FMFBMX thats some nice ridin, I thought me and my home boys where good at pissin off and avoiding cops, lol

Woah I never thought this topic would get so much attention but anyways. Yes, cops have to much power, they can stop you and pat you down when ever they want to, write you a ticket for anything they want to, whether you deserved it or not, and then turn you around and shoot you in the back and say you were resisting arrest. When does it stop, and im actually good friends with a bike cop, exept the bike cops around here are actually very understanding of us BMXers. This pot head tried to steal one of my friends bikes and he tried to run from a bike cop, and well he got about half a block before the cop nudged his peg the right way. I never saw someone slide so far on there forehead before. Dude FMFBMX thats some nice ridin, I thought me and my home boys where good at pissin off and avoiding cops, lol

They can't stop you and pat you down whenever they want, nor can the write a ticket for whatever they want, and they certainly can't shoot you and claim you were resisting arrest. Any authority they have is given to them by laws, which are not written by them. If you are ignorant of the laws, or your rights, then that is your fault, not theirs.

And please don't use "Lol". This is not AOL.

Ok, dude if the police have suspicion that you have a weapon, they can. Also there are many corrupt cops, they dont just exist in the movies. Just because you ware a badge doesnt mean you cant take advantage of your power. I was born in Bronx, NY and I have seen what some cops who are supposed to protect and serve, do some really evil **** dude. Though most cops are respectfull people, the "other ones" are the ones you have to worry about. What then OWNED!!!

Ok, dude if the police have suspicion that you have a weapon, they can. Also there are many corrupt cops, they dont just exist in the movies. Just because you ware a badge doesnt mean you cant take advantage of your power. I was born in Bronx, NY and I have seen what some cops who are supposed to protect and serve, do some really evil **** dude. Though most cops are respectfull people, the "other ones" are the ones you have to worry about. What then OWNED!!!

What do you do to make them suspect you have a weapon? You stopped making sense after that line.

Oh, sorry about that, depends on how they see you, race, what your wearing, time of day, neighberhood etc... generally if they feel threatend or not, or if they just want to be an A-Hole that day, they have to much power to do what they want... that my point.

Oh, sorry about that, depends on how they see you, race, what your wearing, time of day, neighberhood etc... generally if they feel threatend or not, or if they just want to be an A-Hole that day, they have to much power to do what they want... that my point.
Having a little cheese with your whine there jr. Don't fret the small taters
i think you need to retortively & furtherly elaborate on this issue that your tiny little spudding mind has concocted of this figmentational delirium you are procceding to bewilder :o

I AM the Police. If I see any punks on bikes, I'm gonna book their ass.

Holler!

Take a look at this Safety and Advocacy thread, "Bells, lights on bicycles: IT'S THE LAW!!! (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=165028)" The bottom line is that if you are on the street, the cops can stop you if your bike doesn't comply with every stupid bicycle law. If you don't like those rules, work with your local or state advocacy groups to change the law.

Post 19 (http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=2017908&postcount=19) links to a DC police policy report (http://www.policecomplaints.dc.gov/occr/lib/occr/pdf/policy_rec_bike.pdf) on the practice of stopping and searching cyclists. The report defends the legality of the stops, but questions their wisdom.

Having a little cheese with your whine there jr. Don't fret the small taters
i think you need to retortively & furtherly elaborate on this issue that your tiny little spudding mind has concocted of this figmentational delirium you are procceding to bewilder :o

Es la verdad, amigo!

O.K I just got stoped and padded down by cops. They are always waiting around the parking lot where me and my friends flatland BMX at, and wait for us to leave where they try to bust us for eny thing. Tonight, it was for not having a reflecter on our bikes, WTF!!! We get padded down, and searched for this BS. Eny other BMXers ever been harrassed by cops or is my town just a Pig Sty. Come on I wanna hear yalls stories right here cuss Im pissed...
If you want to try to change things, you could call the police station and ask for a meeting with the cops. Be polite and respectful, but tell them what you see is the problem. Then listen to the cops. See if they have other concerns, drug dealing in the area, perhaps. They might also have had complaints about BMX'ers on private property.

If you work around those problems and you show them you are not a problem, they might harrass you less. If you have a cycling advocacy group, they might be able to help mediate.

i hardly get anything from cops around here. but when i do i just let them talk about god knows what and then just go on my way. cops come at me alot for loitering, which is most of the time while i am on my bike.

If you want to try to change things, you could call the police station and ask for a meeting with the cops. Be polite and respectful, but tell them what you see is the problem. Then listen to the cops. See if they have other concerns, drug dealing in the area, perhaps. They might also have had complaints about BMX'ers on private property.

If you work around those problems and you show them you are not a problem, they might harrass you less. If you have a cycling advocacy group, they might be able to help mediate.

I laughed.

BMX, much like skateboarding, is against the law, whether or not it's directly stated. Damaging/destroying private/public property? Loitering? Trespassing?

I know, cops suk, but im a flatlander, and unless me scuffing the back tire with my vans is polluting the enviorment, then cops need to just chill. Plus im actually friends with some bicycle cops, one of them owned a paintball field that sponsord my paintball team, but thats for another forum. Cough Cough Flagstation.com

Some posts remind me of wool sweaters. The kind you got from your granny for Christmas when you were about 5 or 6.

Some posts remind me of wool sweaters. The kind you got from your granny for Christmas when you were about 5 or 6.

WOW - I just read this thread - and your posts. It's like a 5th grade bully having his way in the kindergarden play ground. What a jerk.