Just another rant again!

Yesterday on my way to office, near a busy cross , I saw a couple of policemen beating up a guy on a bike. I do not know what the offence was but I was so shocked as they were hitting his head with the wooden lathis, that too very roughly . U can say I was unnerved for the rest of the day . I mean the guy might have done something to get the beating but they dint have to beat him up ,that to on his head… what if something happens to him, who will take the blame for that !!! Sometimes I feel that no matter what our position n education is, people r still uncultured at times…

Few months ago, I was getting my passport renewed . After months of running around finally I got it. One evening a (very senior) policeman calls n says he is coming to our residence to verify if it’s the right one. So he and another fellow police man lands at our place at around 7 , me n hubby r very cordial , we all engage in small talk n I m at my social best.
Finally it s time for them to go, at the door the senior police man stops… n says ‘madam , don’t u have anything to give us?”.. Silly me dint understand what he meant n I stared at him confused. Junior Police man explains ‘ some small amount, anything u have’ Hubby gets the point and goes to get some money…. I m still confused n ask ‘ but why ? ’ … junior police man now very embarrassed says ‘ simply just for service’ I got so pissed off , I mean what the F!!!!! isn’t it their job to do things like this
Aren’t they already paid for it.
How can they so coolly ask us for money like this.
The problem is that if we refuse to give it , it causes problems for us, my friend did the same and her passport got cancelled cos the address wasn’t verified.. finally she had to pay a hefty sum for that to get cleared.
So we do not have a choice…. But whatever respect I had for that old police man vanished in an instant, I just turned on my heels without a word n walked off, went n sat down on my couch n started watching tv… hubby did come back wit the money n pay them n say his good byes but it was quite evident I was pissed off, as I was totally ignoring them n concentrating on some heavy metal music. Not that it did anyone any good, except maybe putting me in a bad mood. But things like this r just not fair!!