Police brutality of a tourist: Police almost killed me if I didn't have my camera

[CristoRey]

this is about the time when rfp tells us what is utopian about the USA.

fire away, rfp. be specific..

Or about the time Don___ and Hardtimes___ scold me for telling
the truth about these corrupt scumbags. Heads up COP LOVERS, the
truth hurts :cheeky:

 

[CristoRey]

This stops NOW.

I say why not let it go? It is what it is and it will never be what it ain't.

 

[alexw]

This is again someone who has grown up in the utopian US without an understanding of the issues that people face around the world.

The world is not a nice place, if you dont look the part of a decent person you are treated poorly.

Suing the Dominican police is one of the funniest things that I have ever heard !!

Hopefully he will learn how to project himself when he grows up

You're not reading this thread at all he's Kenyan

 

[jenmar237]

But he's wrong about it being a black thing because African Americans have it easy here.

This statement sparked my curiousity, how do African Americans have it easy in the DR?

 

[jenmar237]

Anyway, people get treated however they present themselves. Look like a bum, you get the bum treatment. Look respectable, you get better treatment. If you are videotaping everyday women walking down the street and someone notices this, guess what type of treatment you will get in this day and age of creepy people with cameras putting all sorts of videos online.

I don't get why ppl want to gloss over the importance of one's appearance. Perhaps I am wrong, but many first-worlders (and even 2nd worlders), intentionally or not, have this snarky attitude in which they feel they can dress how they please based on where they're from and then suffer embarrassing moments, or, in layman's terms, a reality check. A Colombian colleague of mine that recently visited DR for a friend's wedding was upset that he was stared down and noticed ppl commenting about him because he decided that because he comes from NYC it was okay for him to go to an upscale restaurant in the DR in flip flops and beach shorts; Needless to say, he had to go back and change attire rather quickly.

 

[william webster]

JenMar
I just got a few dislikes in another thread for citing a common belief about certain travelers .

You mention flip/flops & shorts... true
Hawaiian shirts, camera dangling around neck, cigar and straw fedora...

what comes to mind ??

 

[CristoRey]

I don't get why ppl want to gloss over the importance of one's appearance. Perhaps I am wrong, but many first-worlders (and even 2nd worlders), intentionally or not, have this snarky attitude in which they feel they can dress how they please based on where they're from and then suffer embarrassing moments, or, in layman's terms, a reality check...

I live down here. I dress however I feel like dressing as often as I please
and its NEVER been a problem. Though I would advice against walking into
an upscale restaurant in flip flops and beach shorts in any country.

 

[CristoRey]

what comes to mind ??

A person looking to be taken advantage of or worse.. robbed.

 

[william webster]

I live down here. I dress however I feel like dressing as often as I please
and its NEVER been a problem. Though I would advice against walking into
an upscale restaurant in flip flops and beach shorts in any country.

Do you notice things are a bit different in the Capital?
Not quite so casual ?

Even Santiago can be a bit ‘spiffier’

IMO

 

[Russell]

Imagine how great the country would be with honest police, not out for shakedowns and taxis that drove safely and where people waited to get to a trash can to throw out their trashy

Utopia!!

 

[jenmar237]

I live down here. I dress however I feel like dressing as often as I please
and its NEVER been a problem. Though I would advice against walking into
an upscale restaurant in flip flops and beach shorts in any country.

I am from there. Born and Raised in the culture. I know for a fact that dressing down at the wrong place and at the wrong occassion is heavily frowned upon in Dominican society. Even here in NYC, proper attire for the right place and occassion is required. Some places will not allow you into their establishments if you're wearing sneakers, for example. If you dress however you please and it's never been a problem in the DR, then I assume you haven't dressed like a bum and gone into an upscale setting.

 

[Fulano2]

Sneakers are for sporting, and should be totally forbidden on the streets. Same for shorts and baseball-caps.

 

[malko]

I am from there. Born and Raised in the culture. I know for a fact that dressing down at the wrong place and at the wrong occassion is heavily frowned upon in Dominican society. Even here in NYC, proper attire for the right place and occassion is required. Some places will not allow you into their establishments if you're wearing sneakers, for example. If you dress however you please and it's never been a problem in the DR, then I assume you haven't dressed like a bum and gone into an upscale setting.

Well the OP was walking down a dusty street in santiago, he wasnt having cupcakes at the Ritz.......so no dinner suit de rigueur.

 

[CristoRey]

I am from there. Born and Raised in the culture. I know for a fact that dressing down at the wrong place and at the wrong occassion is heavily frowned upon in Dominican society. Even here in NYC, proper attire for the right place and occassion is required. Some places will not allow you into their establishments if you're wearing sneakers, for example. If you dress however you please and it's never been a problem in the DR, then I assume you haven't dressed like a bum and gone into an upscale setting.

Not to take shots at your beautiful home land but
for the right amount of $$$ I could walk into most
places down here bare foot.

 

[Aguaita29]

I don't get why ppl want to gloss over the importance of one's appearance. Perhaps I am wrong, but many first-worlders (and even 2nd worlders), intentionally or not, have this snarky attitude in which they feel they can dress how they please based on where they're from and then suffer embarrassing moments, or, in layman's terms, a reality check.

They see themselves as nonconformists, trendesetters swimming against the tide; ironically, they are dressed like a gazillion other gringos.

 

[william webster]

Migracion has a dress code.....

and other government offices....

Improperly dressed - you don't get in

 

[jenmar237]

Not to take shots at your beautiful home land but
for the right amount of $$$ I could walk into most
places down here bare foot.

If you say so....

 

[slowmo]

They see themselves as nonconformists, trendesetters swimming against the tide; ironically, they are dressed like a gazillion other gringos.

Either that or they are just plain lazy.

 

[CristoRey]

Migracion has a dress code.....

and other government offices....

Improperly dressed - you don't get in

As it should be.

 

[william webster]

Isn't there an actual law about your pants too low ?
Exposing the 'Plumbers' cleavage'?