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Uhhh, no.

I was hanging out by a damaged pole when they demanded identification and threatened to arrest me for destruction of public property. They could have

a) used some critical thinking and realized that there was no way I could have damaged said pole

or,

b) been polite, and adopted an "you and us vs. whoever damaged the pole" perspective instead of "us vs. you".

>>zackat+(OP)
In summary then a policeman was a bit rude to you.

>>pbhjpb+qg
No. The point is that the policemen (plural) actually had real power over me and their threat was actionable. For example, if you're rude to me, I could never ever care, but they actually have guns and the power to jail me, so long as it's "their word vs. mine."