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Comment by ceejayoz | Hacker News Reader

What sort of idiot impersonates Chinese police in the United States? To the point of trying to actually pull people over?

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Yeah. I mean, impersonating US police might actually get you somewhere. But Chinese police? I get pulled over by someone pretending to be Chinese police, and I'm going to tell them to get lost.

Unless (as tomcam says) these are actual Chinese police, blatantly here in the US, trying to tell dissidents "even here we can get to you".

> I get pulled over by someone pretending to be Chinese police, and I'm going to tell them to get lost.

Personally... I'd call the non-Chinese drops and drive as quickly as possible to the closest police station.

Without a USA liaison, they can't do that and it's illegal for them to do so.

No one should ever take someone seriously acting on behalf of a foreign country trying to arrest you in America. Even Interpol needs a USA liaison.

I don't know.

But it makes me feel better about the second amendment.

If tomcam is right that these are actually Chinese secret police. If so, and you're some random person with a gun, reaching for it might be a very bad idea. (Even if the Chinese secret policeman doesn't have a gun, it could still be a very bad idea.)

This just highlights the absurdity of the situation. The real Chinese police would know that attempting to operate this way is just going to get them shot.

100% this is a case of dumb kids decorating their cars.

Being shot on US soil by a Chinese policeman operating as one would constitute an act of war.

Just saying.

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