Hello this actually didn't happen recently but it did change my whole view on the police in our area.
My husband and I were parked 10 steps from our home at a park that is literally next door. We had just got back from a night out and just weren't ready to go back inside the house. A police car had drove past twice and I had suspected that they were looking for people doing illegal things in the parking lot, but since the lot was full of parked cars I didn't really feel like it was a problem that we were there so we didn't leave the first time they drove past slow...
The 2nd time they had drove past they had the light out which made me nervous because I suspected they were looking for someone and I was thinking maybe we aren't safe but then the police park behind us and flash their lights. We roll our windows down and a female officer comes to my side while the male comes to my partners side.
She shines the light in the car and looks around while slowly coming up with the reason why they were there. "We have received a call about a couple shouting." She then asked me my name which I responded "Marissa." I then continued to explain that we were just enjoying a conversation before we had to go inside the house. Here is where it got weird, the lady then says that they were looking for a young lady named "Larissa." I told her "well my name is Marissa and we aren't the couple they were looking for."
She asked for my ID anyways and told me to step out of the car... I thought (is this illegal what they are doing?!) but complied anyways. She handed the ID to her partner who also took my husbands ID. She told me to put my hands on the hood and started to search me.... I had nothing on me... she asked about my accent, I told her I was from the US... she asked why I was in Australia, I said I was married to my husband and I came for him when we were friends but in the 4 years we have fallen in love and filed for partner visa...
My husband had a warrant over failing to show in court over driving with a Queensland license & plates after moving to adelaide. They arrested him and The cop was very rude and started to shove at my husband who has 7 hernias in his stomach... he wasn't able to bend the way the cop had him hunched over because of that but the cop said he was struggling and shoved him down on our car...they took my husband away and while he was in he cell he had heard the female telling the story and admitted she made up the Larissa name...
I remember shouting when they drove off "I hope Larissa is ok! It's good to know you are making the world a better place."
Was what the cops did to us ok?
My husband and I were parked 10 steps from our home at a park that is literally next door. We had just got back from a night out and just weren't ready to go back inside the house. A police car had drove past twice and I had suspected that they were looking for people doing illegal things in the parking lot, but since the lot was full of parked cars I didn't really feel like it was a problem that we were there so we didn't leave the first time they drove past slow...
The 2nd time they had drove past they had the light out which made me nervous because I suspected they were looking for someone and I was thinking maybe we aren't safe but then the police park behind us and flash their lights. We roll our windows down and a female officer comes to my side while the male comes to my partners side.
She shines the light in the car and looks around while slowly coming up with the reason why they were there. "We have received a call about a couple shouting." She then asked me my name which I responded "Marissa." I then continued to explain that we were just enjoying a conversation before we had to go inside the house. Here is where it got weird, the lady then says that they were looking for a young lady named "Larissa." I told her "well my name is Marissa and we aren't the couple they were looking for."
She asked for my ID anyways and told me to step out of the car... I thought (is this illegal what they are doing?!) but complied anyways. She handed the ID to her partner who also took my husbands ID. She told me to put my hands on the hood and started to search me.... I had nothing on me... she asked about my accent, I told her I was from the US... she asked why I was in Australia, I said I was married to my husband and I came for him when we were friends but in the 4 years we have fallen in love and filed for partner visa...
My husband had a warrant over failing to show in court over driving with a Queensland license & plates after moving to adelaide. They arrested him and The cop was very rude and started to shove at my husband who has 7 hernias in his stomach... he wasn't able to bend the way the cop had him hunched over because of that but the cop said he was struggling and shoved him down on our car...they took my husband away and while he was in he cell he had heard the female telling the story and admitted she made up the Larissa name...
I remember shouting when they drove off "I hope Larissa is ok! It's good to know you are making the world a better place."
Was what the cops did to us ok?