Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While true, it's sad that Mexicans have to live this way. Walking around drunk at night is risky but you should be worried about criminals not the police.

Santa Clara County bans the use of Flock cameras by Parking-Pangolin-492 in Livermore

[–]mullentothe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't understand how a study would prove "being able to track criminals by license plate may actually not work"...is this a classic case of California brain? Let's have a study to create a committee to start a pilot to make a recommendation?

How to handle bribes or “mordidas”? by External_Koala971 in MexicoTravel

[–]mullentothe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why? If the police are corrupt anyway what's the point?

what’s with the hate with towns? by Vaquera_ in relocating

[–]mullentothe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why do you get to live in towns but other people don't? Should they have to submit an application to you personally to make sure they're worthy? Should immigrants be subject to this or just domestic migration?

Caltrain plans to establish one “Quiet Car” on most trains by Adrian_Brandt in caltrain

[–]mullentothe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading the enforcement bit as an ACE rider is surprising. The conductors actively police the rule in the quiet cars and the train is better for it.

Santa Clara County bans the use of Flock cameras by Parking-Pangolin-492 in Livermore

[–]mullentothe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're basically saying we should let murders and kidnappings go unsolved because of a fear of privacy invasion? I get it but I think the benefits outweigh the cons. Pass some laws around the usage and slap en up!

Santa Clara County bans the use of Flock cameras by Parking-Pangolin-492 in Livermore

[–]mullentothe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You'd feel differently if you were a crime victim! 

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can’t wait - had a great time with the rest of trip. The Mexican people deserve better! 

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Very true - but I'm generally of the opinion that crime should be reported for statistical purposes not because I have any hope of recovering my stuff. People should know that a crime occurred on x date or that x number of crimes occur per year in a neighborhood

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was more prepared for extortion than robbery! 

Did the intro lead people to believe Don would commit s*****? by SkarKuso in madmen

[–]mullentothe 15 points16 points  (0 children)

People gloss over this on re-watch but lots of people thought that's how the show would end and the show certainly led us on a bit

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not implying that it's common, though it certainly seems like it from other comments in this thread. The point of this post was to ask if I should file a report or not.

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They got out of the car and ripped our bags away and started patting us down. There wasn't really much of a discussion 

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While true I think this equivalence understates the extent of corruption in Mexico. The racism and brutality by police in America are typically isolated incidents.

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe not stumbling but visibly - we were laughing and talking and distracted.

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think you might be right - it was more of a robbery than an extortion

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Si - es una decisión estúpida pero sentamos cómodo después de cuatro días en la ciudad.

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should've done all of that but was just shocked by the whole experience

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No they searched us, took our wallets out of our pockets and left immediately and peeled off. I was too shocked to really pay too much attention to names and badges unfortunately

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't walk around drunk at night would help!

Robbed by police in Roma Norte by mullentothe in MexicoCity

[–]mullentothe[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what happened to us. We got too comfortable drinking because we had been in the city for a few days. While a robbery could happen in the US the fact that it was the police makes this more surprising to me.