After having watched Cops for most of my young natural life, and my mother telling me that if I didn't put my seatbelt on the police would take me, I believed that cops just picked people up and took them away FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I thought that they could just come snatch you on a whim if they saw you and decided you were worth the effort. Every time I passed a cop car, I would slink down into my seat and watch them with suspicion.
A childhood belief about police
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that undercover cops hid under covers/sheets. — Holly
- I used to wonder why so many cops in movies were called "Lieutenant" as a christian name.— chris
- When I was six, my cousin told me that if I stuffed my bra the cops would come get me and take me to jail.— Juliea
- I thought that serial killers had serial numbers like products did so the cops could identify them easier. — C
- I used to think that if you didn't put on your seatbelt, you WOULD crash.— Mer
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon