I thought the police didn't have to follow the law and could do whatever they want. My reasoning was they were the enforcers of the law so who would arrest them or whatever? I wondered why all the bad people didn't just become cops so they could do crimes with impunity.
A childhood belief about police
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
- when i was little, i thought that a con artist was a person that painted pictures of people commiting crimes— kimkim
- I used to think that the police didn't know that we called them coppers behind their backs!— Chris
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson