Our cops Our Saviours

Yesterday night while going to Bandra, the driver of the car we were traveling in was definitely looking desperately to have an accident. Despite our misgivings we let him be, only to have him bang into a car at one of the busiest junctions. Well if our collective luck had been good the people in that car would have been nice non confrontationist middle class bunch. But well it wasn't to be. The owner/driver of that car was yelling abuses and something to the effect that we won't get away after banging an ACP's car. The driver sped up and banged into our car, and proceeded to block our car. Then we see these three well built men step out from the car and proceed to abuse without any compunction that they were in the presence of a woman. Once they figured that they would not be able to harass us as it was a rented car, they drove off.

And these guys claimed to be cops. They looked the part. Either they were cops or they had to be some goondas.

They had obviously been putting away a few... But that doesn't absolve them of their behaviour..

If someone does by mistake bang your car, there's normally no need to get abusive and start trying to crash into their car without even giving them a chance to explain. Only if the other driver is completely unrepentant do you end up losing your cool.

These guys were Cops. They are supposed to be our guardians!!! We should feel safe dealing with them. I felt so unsafe. I knew if anyone of us had tried to reason with them then this would have just aggravated the situation. They were a breath away from bashing up the driver.

Obviously power tends to distort people's way of handling reality. If you are out of uniform then you are also just a normal citizen. I wish I had taken down their number plate, because these people need to be brought in touch with reality.

This was not the first time that I have come close to losing my cool with a cop. And each incident erodes even further the almost non existent trust in our guardians.

Despite knowing that it was good sense to have avoided getting into a conversation with those cops, I'm angry with myself for letting them get away after their despicable behaviour. Obviously we were more eager to get away from the unpleasant situation than doing a citizen's duty.