Friday, March 22, 2019

"Control"

In the 1980s, if you were a German, there was this concept which existed where the Police could stop you on the street, ask for your national ID card, and you had to present it.

The odds of an event like this?  Maybe over a forty-year period, you might have walked into a circumstance where the cops actually put 'control' upon you. 

Today?  It's possible that you live a fairly low-key lifestyle, avoid the typical places where it occurs, and you might still go a forty-year period without 'control'.  On the other hand, if you go out in the evening hours....hang around the downtown urbanized areas.....or simply walking through a district known for drugs, the odds are that you might have a 'control' event two or three times a year.

A profile event?  Well, you could suggest that.  But here's the thing, the cops can ask for an ID, do a complete search of your person (including the car), and conduct a drug-test if you driving a car.  If ever in some area and you notice the cops approaching you, with a request for 'control', don't take it serious.  Present your ID, and simply pause for a minute while they check you out. 

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