đŻ A corrupt police officer was taking $500 a week from me to allow me to work on this avenue: one day, when I refused to pay him, he humiliated me in front of everyone, but what I did left him speechless.
For ten years, I have been working as a street vendor on a very busy avenue in our neighborhood. The local officer makes me pay $500 a week to allow me to work there. Everyone knows him well.
He takes his âsecurity taxâ from all street vendors and small shop owners, behaving more like a mafia boss than a police officer.
He treats the boulevard like his personal kingdom, collecting illegal payments without fear of consequences.
One day, he showed up in a clearly bad mood. It wasnât my payment day, but he still demanded money, saying:
â Either you pay now, or Iâll make a call and by midnight your nice truck will be impounded.
I refused to pay because it wasnât my payment day. He then started humiliating me in front of everyone. He shouted without caring that people were watching and filming the scene.
He thought I would eventually give in, but what I did left him speechless.
The rest of my story is in the article in the first comment đđđ.
I took out my phone and in front of everyone I called internal police affairs and calmly said:
â I want to report an officer demanding illegal money on the avenue.
The officer laughed, sure I was bluffing, but while he kept talking, I added:
â And I have evidence.
His smile disappeared.
I then opened a folder on my phone: audio recordings, videos, photos of forced payments, conversations where he threatened vendors.
Every week, I had been recording everything without him realizing it.
Ten minutes later, an internal control team arrived.
The officer tried to deny it, but he was handcuffed in front of the entire avenue he had believed he controlled for years.
