[bilbo0s]

Yeah.

I understand it is a bad situation and everything, but as you said, that's just the way it works here.

In fact, he got off pretty light talking to the cops like that in NYC. You should thank your lucky stars that you were not...say...black American...you would have had a WHOLE lot harder time.

I guess what I am trying to say is that, unless you left something out, it sounds like you were treated a good deal better than most NYC residents would have been treated under similar conditions.

Now that IS a bad thing...I realize...but...you know...

I'm just sayin'...it's not like they will single out foreigners.

[tptacek]

Try being North African and mouth off to the police in the suburbs of Paris.

It is --- I assume this goes without saying, but this is HN and we're talking about the police so here goes --- much easier for the police in France to invasively search the people they detain, as well.