When I was a kid I'd always enjoy watching television with my dad. One day we watched "Cops." That was probably a bad decision on my dad's part since I was about 5. On the show that day the police officers shoved a man on a couch and tried to get cuffs on him. I was wondering why they were doing this. My dad said they were arresting him. I heard that they were "resting" him. I pictured my mom putting me down for a nap like that. I was just shocked that these policemen were trying to get this man to rest in such a violent way. I don't think I trusted police officers for a few years of my childhood.
A childhood belief about police
others believed things like this
- I used to believe police officers can't get arrested.— Anonymous
- When I was a little kid. I thought that police officers were a gang of mean people who bullied others.— LOOL
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam