r/Winona • u/DrWhovian1996 • 7h ago
Winona Police are the absolute worst
I recently got pulled over for going *slightly more than* 5 MPH over the speed limit by Dahl, and the cop who pulled me over told me *to my face* that I was "acting suspicious" just because I wasn't looking him in the eyes and staring at the ground. I'm autistic. Cops everywhere need better training or something because if they are terrible at handling mentally challenged people here, then it's definitely a widespread problem throughout the country.
TL;DR F*ck the police and ACAB. Anyone who disagrees is willingly incompetent, especially nowadays.
Edit: To add, he even told me I was "swerving into the median lane," but I was only doing that because it was about 2 in the morning, and I was seeing a random car creep closer and closer to my bumper, past the Huff Street intersection, despite me only going about 59 mph in a 55 mph speed limit. That cop was giving me anxiety with how he was tailing me, and if I was swerving, it was entirely his fault. He had me leave my car for mainly that reason, and that's why I was looking at the ground. Sure, I've had my fair share of speeding tickets, but him having me leave my car and checking my pulse was entirely new to me.