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The driver should not have turned his back and walked away.

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ORIGINAL: samboct



By the way if you want to get a cop really angry- don't call them pigs or assholes- they're used to it.  Call them incompetent and make it stick- like how many cars get stolen and wind up in chop shops- yet they can't find these operations?  Stuff like that.  THAT"LL get 'em good and mad- truth hurts.

Sam 

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ORIGINAL: kittiekatt

Exactly estring. Also. Seems to be all the unintelligent people who are hating on cops. For the MOST part anyway. Get your facts straight. Cops aren't perfect, but they did the right thing in this situation, hands down. 

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ORIGINAL: SugarMyChurro

Most cops are assholes with esteem issues, hypocrisy aplenty, and the power of physical coercion behind their every whim - legal or not.

In short, thugs with badges.

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I think you can be arrested for any infraction because it's either a misdemeanor or a felony in its original form. They've strangely hooked us into admiralty law via the driver's license which creates these pseudo-criminal charges called infractions and also gives rise to the kangaroo courts called traffic courts. But again, you can be arrested for the infraction if that's what the cop wants to do.

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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

If you are in the UK, you could try; 'Orificer ' instead of 'Officer', or 'cuntstable ' instead of 'constable'.One could be offensive without it being obvious, a sort of thing where it could be put down to one's accent or possible speech impediment, or just plain, 'I thought it was pronounced that way cuntstable'.

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ORIGINAL: Level

Working in a court, I've met and gotten to know quite a few cops. A small percentage are control freaks and assholes; another small percentage are absolutely devoted to the idea of public service. The majority are normal men and women, just doing a job.

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ORIGINAL: samboct

"lol...Love to see you tell a police officer that face to face...but of course people like you never would."

I did.  It cost me $2k and accomplished nothing.

Certainly not all people serving in the police force are nasty, arrogant, corrupt individuals out on a power trip.  The problem is that a few bad apples.....and they do turn the whole barrel rotten.

Sam

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ORIGINAL: samboct

"lol...Love to see you tell a police officer that face to face...but of course people like you never would."

I did.  It cost me $2k and accomplished nothing.

Certainly not all people serving in the police force are nasty, arrogant, corrupt individuals out on a power trip.  The problem is that a few bad apples.....and they do turn the whole barrel rotten.

Sam

Hi Sam

I wonder why there is often a derogatory majority view of police officers, or at least a significant view, on the CM forum that doesn’t match the view in the general population?

Have we, because of our lifestyles, had more problems with law enforcement? Could it be because of dominant or submissive personalities?

In reading different threads over time I have noticed the general dislike for any authoritative entity…be it law enforcement or governments.

Butch

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ORIGINAL: Level

Working in a court, I've met and gotten to know quite a few cops. A small percentage are control freaks and assholes; another small percentage are absolutely devoted to the idea of public service. The majority are normal men and women, just doing a job.

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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster

You know, Level, invariably someone makes this point in any conversation about police brutality, and I always wonder what the point is.  Yes, agreed, most police officers are devoted to public service.  So what?  I don't see anyone denying that--well, no one rational, at any rate.  It's a bit like when those airlines say "We have a 99% non-crash rate!"  It's the 1% that makes all the difference.

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ORIGINAL: Level

Working in a court, I've met and gotten to know quite a few cops. A small percentage are control freaks and assholes; another small percentage are absolutely devoted to the idea of public service. The majority are normal men and women, just doing a job.

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ORIGINAL: kittiekatt

The cop wasn't a big guy. The first thing he didn't want to do, was when he was WITHOUT backup, try to take on a man by himself who has bigger, and who also had a passenger, even if she was a woman. He did the exact right thing. The guy didn't comply, and the officer gave him ample warning to listen. He resisted arrest. There's absolutely nothing wrong with what the officer did. Yes, the tazer shooting in most videos (including this one) seems harsh, but it always looks bad. The tazer is used instead of a bullet, be thankful for that, incase the man would of got shot infront of his wife.

If a cop feels threatened in any way/shape or form, he has the right to do that. The guy was resisting orders, and that shit doesn't fly. At least SOME people understand the situation, instead of just bitching at cops, thinking their all the stero-typical, black man beating, people hating cops.