[QUOTE=phoebeisis;14216680]Our OP has been holding out on us-THIS is why the 3 cars !
"A long-time student of the martial art of Aikido, Dr. Jenkins has received his shodan rank from the United States Aikido Federation. He trains at the Litchfield Hills Aikikai, under the direction of Laura Pavlick Sensei."
Cop 2-and maybe Cop 1 would have known ALL this since it took me maybe 20 seconds to find it.He would have set off Cop #1's jerkometer-Cop #1 passes this on to guys at station.
Yeah-they would have read him in about 2 seconds.
2 Assumptions. (i) that they looked up information other than any criminal record (2) that the possession of Aikido qualifications automatically made him a threat.
If that were the case, they wouldn't have drawn up behind the original cruiser, but surrounded the OP
According to Bekologist OP was deceptive in the original blog-(posting the sign from another state)
AND-
certainly a bit deceptive when he implied he was a mild mannered unthreatening Chiropractor-not requiring 3 cars. Left out the 1000's hours of martial arts.
Since when does being possessed of Aikido experience make you anything other than "a mild mannered unthreatening Chiropractor"
Many cops participate in Martial Arts-so they will be very familiar with their fellow martial arts types-hence 3 cars. mocolotion is on the right track-
If they are familiar withthe martial arts, they would know that Aikido is pretty much a defensive form. He would not therefore be regarded as threatening.
our Walter Mitty has actually been PREPARING for these battles he brings on-martial arts training-and mongoose lawyer wife to bail him out.
Assumptions again. I did Judo many, many years ago and none of us were preparing for battles which we intended to bring on. As for the "mongoose" lawyer wife epithet, what evidence do you have for this? How many forumers here would
not call on their legally qualified spouse who happened to be nearby if they were being harassed by a cop who clearly didn't know the law? Especially a cop who behaved in a threatening and ill-tempered manner towards her
Once the cops realized he was a talker not a fighter ( mommy arrived)-they left.Now that they know this they will leave him alone.
Assumptions again: what evidence do you have for the reasons you've given for the police to depart? And why, again, the derogatory description of his relationship with his wife?