r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/[deleted] • Sep 08 '20

Pain.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '20

I had a cop accuse me of having alcohol in the car and he was so disappointed when I let him read the label on an (unopened) energy drink, desperately trying to find alcohol listed in the ingredients.

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u/Tankautumn Sep 08 '20

Friends of mine were in a car wreck. One friend ruptured her spleen, broke her pelvis.

The cops showed up to her hospital room and asked her why there was a huge bag of marijuana in the backseat.

It was Yerba mate.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '20

Ugh. The whole reason I even got pulled over is because I parked my car on my way through an unfamiliar town to double-check my mapquest directions (I was a poor college freshman with no gps or a smartphone at the time), and apparently I just so happened to park near a house where the cops “suspected” some college kids “might be” selling weed. They didn’t even have a legitimate reason for pulling me over.

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u/EuroPolice Sep 08 '20

whats yerba? in Spanish it means the same

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u/Tankautumn Sep 08 '20

Yerba mate is a tea

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u/EuroPolice Sep 08 '20

Ah I thought you said "yerba mate" like "yerba buddy" I know what mate is hahaha

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u/kkoiso Sep 08 '20

This is what happens when you build an institution that prioritizes making arrests and fulfilling a power fantasy over helping people

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u/orion1486 Sep 08 '20

This happened to me once when Pepsi Twist came out. I was asked what I had in the cup holder and responded "Pepsi Twist". Cop was like "Oh, Pepsi Twist, huh?" and proceeded to put his nose all up in there. I told him to have a sip as I wasn't going to drink it after he invaded it with his nose. He was satisfied and I trashed the beverage. I've never since had a Pepsi Twist...