Why do cops do their best to put people away for false crimes, and ignore real crimes?

Question

Back in 7th grade me and my friends were recklace and did our best to have fun without breaking the law. In CO the rules are really tied together so no one does anything wrong. Anyway me and my friend were having a snowball fight and one snowball came close to a house. The dude got pissed off and called the cops on us. One day while we were walking home, I was crossing the street and this old guy speed up to 50 in a 15 mph zone (he had his grandson in the car, who was screaming as they speed up), and tried to hit me. I flipped off the dude when a cop came out of no where and tried to take me and my friend to Juvenile hall for throwing a snowball, completely ignoring the fact that someone tried to run me over. He acused us for vandalism to a fence (which we didn't do) and vandalism to a house. We told him we didn't wreak the fence, so he goes to the guy who tried to run me over (his house was near the fence that was broken), and askes if we did it. The guy says yes (he was mad at the kids at our school for crossing in the street). The cop believes him, so he took us to our school and our principle chewed us out. The cop later talked to our parents about it and I was grounded for a month. It pisses me off that they did their best to get me in jail and didn't do a thing about a real crime. The guy who tried to run me over didn't get c**p about anything. Why did they completely ignore it? I was really lucky that I didn't get hit! (I have a very basic Law knowelage) I think the cop should have put the old guy away for: Recklace endangerment (Me, my friends, and his grandson were all in danger of that), Assault, and speeding. Why didn't he??? It seems like cops do their best to put people away for things that do not count as a crime. Is it me or is that statement true?

Answer 1

     you can just be standing there and git maced in the face and if you hide in the house they will bust in and play shoot em up with you and maybee have a dog grab you supposedly we have the free country but we lock up the most people in the whole world can you tell me a safe place cause i went to cali to git away from these athoritive figures cause im scared to go in public i even quit college because of these types of people at the college i couldnt go any were even half naked in the locker room when you have 2 fat dudes trying to eyeball you and get you to engage with them youll figure it out that education is not really important you thought there was an ada of the 504 and a constitution and a bill of rights but maybee you think its fun to sit on your porch when there after some suspect in a huge monster armored vehicle and im not talking about the ones that are professional and are not ***** im just saying i dont feel safe when i git asked 50 questions and have road blocks limiting your freedom of movement and they ride my bung hole so i will speed but as far as if there nice then its ok but you know what i mean when my girlfriend who i was sharing with the community beat the h**l out of me and hit me in the back of the head with probably a hammer or something they didnt take her in and she even chased me from one side of the house to the other she does a little lying to the officer and years later nothing but you know if i so much as farted next to her or what ever reason they would send me away and probably ruff me up so as far as some jack hole in your neibor hood you dont have to worry you can only be a jerk so much and something will happen to them and if all else fails they will be like one of those people who live to be really old and be some old grumpy *** but as far as cops go as long as there not offering me the program of free men s*x boot camp or brainstorm with criminals to become a better criminal then im ok cause i really dont want to swing both ways and i dont want to be new meat or somebodys ***** so you know what i mean for the price cops are paid or conservation officers git paid its not worth my life to deal with a bunch of *** holes cause its a rather thankless job

Answer 2

That is a crock.. and sounded like you have a personal grudge against anyone who wears a uniform.

Answer 3

Law enforcement's main focus is to prosecute crimes so that there can be a crime stat.  With the right number of crime stats, a politician can use it to do with what they want.  Get reelected or get more tax dollars for programs is the main focus.

Answer 4

throwing snowballs at cars is dangerous..throwing snowballs at property is destructive....low level crime...and why make a big issue of it now..that was in your past..

Answer 5

Because ignorant bullies need to justify their pay checks. There are so many cops that more than half of them have nothing to do best. So that seat in their stations, patrol cars, eat donuts and wait for some small guy to run a stop sign or a red light. Once it happens 6 cops will surround the poor guy and will intimidate him. That is how police works all over the country. Cops do not really care if individual is guilty of crime or not, all they do is trying to build their case.

Answer 6

It's easier to snag kids than it is adults.

Answer 7

The statement is true. Poor you! Poor you! Poor you! Time to be accountable for your actions. If you had been a good little girl, this would never have happened.

Poor poor you!

Answer 8

Children have inherently less credibility, that's the way most people see things. Also, your story is an anecdote that does not prove your assertion.

And the word is sped, not speed. He sped up.

You had only yourself and friend as witness, and the cop made a judgment call.

Was it fair? It doesn't sound like it completely was, but I wasn't there.

Answer 9

You sound like a crybaby.

Answer 10

No its you. The cop believed the old geezer. That's all. When it comes down to an adult vs. a child, with things like this, the cops believe the adult.

Now if the old guy waved his private parts at you, the cop might have believed you and taken the geezer away for lewd and lascivious on a minor.

Answer 11

Definitely true, I don't know why. I guess it makes them feel important or something.