My sister thought the police would actually come arrest the whole family if we tore the 'do not remove' tags off pillows or matresses. You just DIDN'T DO THAT!
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- My mom threatened that if I didn't eat all my vegetables that the police would come and arrest me.— Lisa T.
- I used to believe that if you did not keep your shoes tied, that the police would arrest you.— Kelly
- 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 used to think that the tags on cows ears were actually earings.— Kelly
- i used to think that if i tore a dollar bill in half it would make fifty cents— stacy