BamaD
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ORIGINAL: mnottertail generally or not, nobody gives a fuck, a badge dont mean shit, generally. And it is speculation at this point whether he showed it or not, anyone can get a badge. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=police%20badge&sprefix=police+bad%2Caps&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Apolice%20badge no logic demonstrated to date, fellas. How did I know you were going to say that. There are plenty of costume shops with police "uniforms" and anyone can paint a car. So go ahead and kill the cop, then claim self defense cause you didn't believe it? Get real that isn't going to fly. Wait a minute...was this guy in uniform? Was he driving a police car? No? As far as showing a badge or ID, I have no idea whether he did or not. So why are you bringing up that nonsense? If some guy drives up to me in a family car, gets out all irate, then shoves me, whether he showed a possibly phoney badge or not, chances are that isn't going to sit too well with me. He wasn't trying to detain the kid...he just shoved him. At that point I think the kid had a bit of a right to self defense. However, continuing to pummel the guy when he was down and out went above and beyond self defense. To me, that is where he would, and should, have problems. When I was in my early teens, I was with my dad when he was making a left hand turn into a parking lot. It was late afternoon, and the sun was glaring off of the tail lights making them difficult to see. The guy behind us nearly ran into us while we were waiting for traffic to clear to make the turn. The guy pulled in behind us, got out of his car all irate, pulled out a badge and flashed it at my dad and started yelling at him, saying he hadn't signaled. My mother asked to take a closer look at the badge. The guy was a fucking meat inspector. Just because somebody flashes a badge doesn't mean they are a cop. Especially if they are all irate and shoving people. Come on Igor, you know full well that I am running the previous argument to it's conclusion. The story stated that he identified himself as an officer. You should know that showing a badge is part of id-ing when not in uniform. If you can pretend the badge must be fake why can't you pretend the uniform is?
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Government ranges from a necessary evil to an intolerable one. Thomas Paine People don't believe they can defend themselves because they have guns, they have guns because they believe they can defend themselves.
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