I'm filing a Freedom of Information request for the incident report and officers' notes, as I've been advised by the BC Civil Liberties Association, in order to see what's on record before deciding how to proceed. Also, it looks like the outside of the entrance is covered by a security camera, though the inside (where I was assaulted) unfortunately isn't. That could still be helpful to me.

It's scary to watch a person get the jollies out of trying to ruin another persons life.

Here is hoping your course of action backfires.

It's scary to watch a person get the jollies out of trying to ruin another persons life.

Here is hoping your course of action backfires.

Why do you think it would ruin the officer's life?

edit: If anything his stated course of action sounds entirely reasonable for the situation he is in.

This isn't about revenge; it's about justice.

A similar story here. Well, similar in that the police jumped to conclusions and used force to apprehend soemone acting suspiciously. But it sounds like the guy in that story didn't intend to provke the officer involved.

While you're waiting for your freedom of information request to come back, I'd recommend doing some research to verify exactly just what is considered excessive force and whether or not the officer's decision to chase you was something that would follow standard procedures. If it turns out the officer did everything by the book you will need to look into getting the 'book' rewritten and that's a whole different matter. If you're intent is to try and actively shape civil liberties, you might find more support. If your intent is just revenge, you're probably going to find yourself on your own.

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Just noticed, you say it's about justice, so good luck.

You made a funny conversation at work today. We had a meeting with our drug task force and afterword I brought this up since it mostly police officers (police chief, two patrol officers, and an FBI agent). I showed them your post and here is how it went down (without all of the details).

Agent: And?
Chief: *laughs*
Patrol 1: What did he expect?
Patrol 2: He just wanted touched by a tough guy... the ********
Chief: *laughs harder*
Agent: Probably... He's just lucky he wasn't around here...
Chief: Yeah... He would have ended up like ******; then he would have something to cry about.

LOL. I love their sense of humor. If you knew cops, detectives, etc. on a personal level you would actually see the humor in there, but sadly they're not joking. If you act like a puck then you get treated like a punk basically. You had it coming so stop crying.

I agree it was stupid and I knew there was a risk. But I needed to know whether I could really count myself a free man. Now I know.

Indeed, and here you are a free man.
As Samoth said, you have every right to act stupid. Of course that is actually rubbish because it is only true if you are willing to accept the consequences of your actions.
This had nothing to do with you being able to "count yourself a free man". You already admitted in your original post that you did this to see if the police would "notice". Guess what, guys whose job is to catch criminals noticed you acting in the same manner that a criminal would - you got to act stupid by needlessly provoking the police.

You could have defused the situation by simply stopping running and then given the police some bullshit story "oh sorry didn't notice you, just remembered I left something in the office" but you didn't. You compounded your stupidity by being too immature and lost control of your actions allowing the adrenaline/excitement to render you incapable of hearing/responding.

So here you are a free man. Free to be stupid and to suffer the consequences.

This isn't about revenge; it's about justice.

Justice!?! Don't make me laugh. It's about a whiny over-privileged little shit who got off far more lightly than he deserved wanting to blame someone else for his stupidity.

Seriously moron, GROW THE FUCK UP! There is real, actual bad shit happening in the world right now. Gadafi's probably about to unleash a massacre against legitimate protestors. In my hometown, the place had been damn near flattened by an earthquake and YOU'RE WHINING OVER A FUCKING PUNCH YOU DESERVED??! give me a break.

You're pathetic.

Well, I was watching a friend and a girl I was into (and the friend knew that perfectly well) smooching in front of me. Then I was robbed later that night. That's tough, not a punch in the face.

To me, what happened to the OP isn't the real issue. It's sad that society has reached a point where people can't act like they want without being labelled as suspects for something criminal. I don't blame the police officer for doing what he did. It was natural for him to believe that the OP was up to something bad since he probably see things like that daily. And I don't think the OP was stupid to have tried it.

We pride ourself in thinking we are free and can do whatever we want. Everyone should be so lucky. But how free are we really?