Quote: But I have met many police officers on power trips. I have even "matched a discription" because I had a bebe gun in my car, and there were some punks robing 711's in that area with a bebe gun.
It is mighty unusual to keep a BB gun in the car.
Quote: The cop was ready to take me away before he got the correct information over the radio.
A true [censored] cop would've taken you away even with the correct information. This guy just didn't have a full description yet and he found a BB gun in your car -- probable cause to hold you for a bit until he gets clarification, for sure.
Quote: He wa acting irrationaly and on the spurr of the moment.
I don't know what exactly he did to you that was 'irrational'. If he threw you on the hood and cuffed you -- Yes. If he asked you to wait or maybe even loosely put cuffs on you until he got clarification from the dispatcher that's not irrational at all. What if you were the real robber and he just let you go because "he wasn't really sure"? A minor inconvenience is not being an [censored].
Quote: In this chase, Im sure there were cell phones, radios, and computers. At least one of these had to be in every car. They could have coordinated something somehow.
Agreed - at least in theory. In reality thoughit is unfortunate that most departments don't coordinate. They don't share cell numbers, and their computers and radios don't talk to one another. In a Post-9/11 world the problem of department cooperation is slowly being worked on. I would imagine rural Georgia is one of those areas that it hasn't really caught on yet.
